I have a suspicion this ad for a programmer was text-messaged in to our local paper...

Software Engineer I Anlyz, dsgn, dvlp agmnted & mxd reality & cntxtual info sw appls & certs w/knldg in data mgmt, distrib & location specific info dlvry sys; Particpt in tstng process thru tst dsgn, rvw & anlys w/mdrn relational db sys (PostgreSQL preferred), srvr-side appl sw (Java/ PHP/Ruby) & Java client pgrms to assure qual & accuracy of info deliv in distrbtd & mobile environ. MS in CS.

 

Ben Fulton:

I have a suspicion this ad for a programmer was text-messaged in to our local paper...

Software Engineer I Anlyz, dsgn, dvlp agmnted & mxd reality & cntxtual info sw appls & certs w/knldg in data mgmt, distrib & location specific info dlvry sys; Particpt in tstng process thru tst dsgn, rvw & anlys w/mdrn relational db sys (PostgreSQL preferred), srvr-side appl sw (Java/ PHP/Ruby) & Java client pgrms to assure qual & accuracy of info deliv in distrbtd & mobile environ. MS in CS.

 

...or maybe the paper had a quota on vowels?

My favorite job titles come from Lockheed Martin, which has no sense of humor:

• Systems Administrator Stf
• Software Engineer Stf
• Database Administrator Sr Stf
• Sys Integration Analyst Sr Stf

...the living need not apply.

Ben Fulton:

in distrbtd & mobile environ. MS in CS.

If you have experience in "mobile environ.", then you shouldn't have problems with reading this ;)

Ben Fulton:

I have a suspicion this ad for a programmer was text-messaged in to our local paper...

Software Engineer I Anlyz, dsgn, dvlp agmnted & mxd reality & cntxtual info sw appls & certs w/knldg in data mgmt, distrib & location specific info dlvry sys; Particpt in tstng process thru tst dsgn, rvw & anlys w/mdrn relational db sys (PostgreSQL preferred), srvr-side appl sw (Java/ PHP/Ruby) & Java client pgrms to assure qual & accuracy of info deliv in distrbtd & mobile environ. MS in CS.

 

5h0uld h4v3 u53d +h15 k1nd 0f w0rdz... w444y c00l3r!

A bit of a WTF, but probably because they had a upper limit on characters used.  Classified ads are like that--you pay a rate based on the length of the ad.

Of course, the fact that it's written in mobile speak is a bit of a WTF, but I chalk it up to something unprofessional.

I thnk a good rule of thumb is if the job description from the classifieds makes your head hurt, you probably will want to pass that one up.

shadowman:

I thnk a good rule of thumb is if the job description from the classifieds makes your head hurt, you probably will want to pass that one up.

Also: If they cannot afford the time or money to write a decent job description, then I doubt they will be able to afford the money to pay you well or the time to train/communicate with you adequately.

Ben Fulton:

I have a suspicion this ad for a programmer was text-messaged in to our local paper...

Maybe the newspaper hired some young girls for answering the phones and data entry... 

roddy: hey
roddy: u there?
softbiz: y
softbiz: WU?
roddy: i want to aply for that job
softbiz: which one?
roddy: in the paper
softbiz: ok... (AFK)
roddy: u there?
softbiz: BRB
softbiz: IIRC, the job is filled
roddy: YGBSM!
softbiz: nope
roddy: N/P
roddy: got anythng elz?
softbiz: (AFK, BRB)
softbiz: y, got Jr Ntwk Anlyz.
roddy: WFM
softbiz: can you do a F2F?
roddy: maybe L8R? i am NIFOC
softbiz: LOL!
softbiz: TMI
softbiz: y, L8R. GL. CU
roddy: B4N.... IHA

Ben Fulton:

I have a suspicion this ad for a programmer was text-messaged in to our local paper...

Alternatively, this is a cleverly disguised encrypted message. Spooks have been using newspaper ads as dead-drops to pass messages around for decades, because they're cheap, essentially untraceable, and almost impossible to detect.

...probably not, though.

shadowman:

I thnk a good rule of thumb is if the job description from the classifieds makes your head hurt, you probably will want to pass that one up.

It's not a job ad, it's a freelancing programmer. Not that I'd hire him...even if he writes good code the odds are it's unreadable.

Still, at least his background appears to be Unix not Windoze.

Or shd I sy, hs bg is *x nt win

m0ffx:

shadowman:

I thnk a good rule of thumb is if the job description from the classifieds makes your head hurt, you probably will want to pass that one up.

It's not a job ad, it's a freelancing programmer. Not that I'd hire him...even if he writes good code the odds are it's unreadable.

Still, at least his background appears to be Unix not Windoze.

Or shd I sy, hs bg is *x nt win

No, I think it's a job ad:

Software Engineer I Anlyz, dsgn, dvlp agmnted & mxd reality & cntxtual info

I _think_ is supposed to read as "Software Engineer I. (as opposed to Software Engineer II or III)."

Not like, "Software Engineer.  I analyze, design, develop,..."

Although after reading it again, the abbreviations and their subsequent lack of discernible tenses and other verb forms kind of  makes it ambiguous.  Technically, this could be read either way.

seymore15074:

Ben Fulton:

I have a suspicion this ad for a programmer was text-messaged in to our local paper...

Maybe the newspaper hired some young girls for answering the phones and data entry... 

Since the ad is not peppered with the words: "bitch," "slut" and "like," I think that theory can be scrapped.

Either a 400 character limit for that ad spot, or pay by the character...