MS tries recruiting ESR

[aronsmith1]

On Fri, 2005-09-09 at 06:31 -0700, Kurt Granroth wrote:
> On Friday 09 September 2005 01:18 am, KevinO wrote:
> > http://esr.ibiblio.org/index.php?p=208
> >
> > lol
> 
> Eh, I think ESR read *way* too much into that.  That letter was a 100% stock 
> templated "feeler" email.  My wife got that exact same email the other day 
> with the exception that it was a different recruiter.  The rest of the email 
> was verbatim.  She was a little curious so called and asked a few questions.  
> Turns out that the emails are sent out automatically based on some keywords 
> they find in online resumes and the like.  The people that respond then go 
> through an interview with that level of recruiter and if that goes well, they 
> are entered into the official hiring channel (many more interviews, tests, 
> etc).
> 
> So they weren't directly recruiting him and obviously had no idea (nor did 
> they care) who he was.  And being "[Microsoft's] worse enemy"?  <rolls eyes>
Still funny tho ;-)
Wish I could cuss like that.
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