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[Daniel Yoo]

On Mon, 14 May 2001, Deirdre Saoirse Moen wrote:

> >He's one of many Python experts around here. I'd call Tim Peters the guru :)
> 
> There's several experts, but Tim's our resident guru, except when, on 
> rare occasions, Guido posts.
> 
> Somehow, speaking of which, I was just insulted by a recruiter from
> Google the other day. They're looking for people with Linux, python,
> and search engine experience, but had, said the recruiter, passed over
> my resume. I said, "I have Linux experience, I have python experience
> and search engine experience. In fact, I have search engine experience
> IN python ON Linux. In Mountain View even. How much more of a match
> could you want?"
> 
> The recruiter said that the VP of Engineering felt I wasn't a match
> because my undergraduate field wasn't in one related to computers,

I thought the people at Google were supposed to be more intelligent than
that.  I know of undergrads from other majors who could kick the butt out
of many other CS undergrads here.

I'm sorry, it just makes me mad to hear about this.  We'll be rooting for
you.  Don't despair!