From ... Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!194.42.224.136!diablo.netcom.net.uk!netcom.net.uk!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.esat.net!nslave.kpnqwest.net!nloc.kpnqwest.net!nmaster.kpnqwest.net!nreader1.kpnqwest.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: Anyone looking for a Lisp/AI job in Pennsylvania? References: <3C8A2AB5.B33FA251@hotmail.com> <87adtf996i.fsf@becket.becket.net> Mail-Copies-To: never From: Erik Naggum Message-ID: <3224852082984712@naggum.net> Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 17 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 16:14:33 GMT X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@KPNQwest.no X-Trace: nreader1.kpnqwest.net 1015863273 193.71.199.50 (Mon, 11 Mar 2002 17:14:33 MET) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 17:14:33 MET Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:28467 * Software Scavenger | In the past I used to interview applicants for C++ jobs, and found that | most of them did not actually know C++. These people were lying on their | resumes in the hope that they could learn on the job and not have to put | in the time to learn it on their own before applying. That attitude | won't work with Lisp. Lisp rewards work, by amplifying it. Those who | only pretend to work will seem even more full of hot air when talking | about Lisp than C++. So _this_ is the reason why Common Lisp does not win a huge market share. It has no commercial value to lie about knowing it _and_ people can tell that you are lying. How sad is that? /// -- In a fight against something, the fight has value, victory has none. In a fight for something, the fight is a loss, victory merely relief.