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Re: IBM and Red Hat

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Subject Re: IBM and Red Hat
Date 14 Oct 2026 19:28:30 GMT
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On Wed, 14 Oct 2026 10:49:54 -0000 (UTC), Cóilín Nioclásín Glostéir wrote:

> C186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote:
> |-----------------------------------------------------------| |"On
> 10/13/26 13:47, Cóilín Nioclásín Glostéir wrote:       |
> |> RBowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:                      |
> |> |------------------------------------------------------| |
> |> |"[. . .] I recall job offerings that required several | |
> |> |years of Ada experience. [. . .]                      | |
> |> |[. . .]"                                              | |
> |> |------------------------------------------------------| |
> |>                                                          |
> |> Likewise happened with e.g. C# when C# was new.          |
> |> (S. HTTP://Gloucester.Insomnia247.NL/ fuer Kontaktdaten!)|
> |                                                           |
> |  If you SEE insane reqs for jobs like that - RUN AWAY !"  |
> |-----------------------------------------------------------|
> 
> Good advice!

Back in the '80s that was a common ploy. Insane requirements and low 
salary. The company was angling for a H-1 hire and could say truthfully 
'We advertised the opening and nobody even applied.'

iirc it was still H-1. The split into H-1A and H-1B came later.

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IBM and Red Hat Cóilín Nioclásín Glostéir <thanks-to@Taf.com> - 2026-10-06 15:24 +0000
  Re: IBM and Red Hat Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-10-06 20:58 +0000
  Re: IBM and Red Hat c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-10-07 00:23 -0400
    Re: IBM and Red Hat John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-10-07 08:09 -0700
      Re: IBM and Red Hat Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-10-07 15:50 +0000
        Re: IBM and Red Hat rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-10-07 18:53 +0000
        Re: IBM and Red Hat c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-10-07 21:43 -0400
          Re: IBM and Red Hat Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-10-08 20:08 +0000
      Re: IBM and Red Hat c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-10-07 21:43 -0400
        Re: IBM and Red Hat "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-08 13:40 +0200
          Re: IBM and Red Hat c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-10-09 02:28 -0400
            Re: IBM and Red Hat The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-09 11:09 +0100
              Re: IBM and Red Hat Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> - 2026-10-09 17:34 +0000
                Re: IBM and Red Hat Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-10-09 23:08 +0000
                Re: IBM and Red Hat The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-10 09:50 +0100
                Re: IBM and Red Hat rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-10-10 20:11 +0000
                Re: IBM and Red Hat Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-10-11 05:23 +0000
              Re: IBM and Red Hat "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-09 20:25 +0200
              Re: IBM and Red Hat rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-10-09 18:41 +0000
        Re: IBM and Red Hat John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-10-08 08:10 -0700
          Re: IBM and Red Hat "Rinaldi J. Montessi" <rinaldij@alien.free> - 2026-10-08 10:32 -0500
            Re: IBM and Red Hat John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-10-08 08:58 -0700
              Re: IBM and Red Hat "Rinaldi J. Montessi" <rinaldij@alien.free> - 2026-10-08 11:13 -0500
              Re: IBM and Red Hat rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-10-08 20:30 +0000
          Re: IBM and Red Hat The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-08 22:03 +0100
          Re: IBM and Red Hat c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-10-09 02:43 -0400
          Re: IBM and Red Hat Cóilín Nioclásín Glostéir <thanks-to@Taf.com> - 2026-10-10 18:52 +0000
            Re: IBM and Red Hat Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-10-10 20:22 +0000
              Re: IBM and Red Hat c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-10-11 00:13 -0400
            Re: IBM and Red Hat Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2026-10-11 10:37 +0000
              Re: IBM and Red Hat Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2026-10-11 08:29 -0400
                Re: IBM and Red Hat The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-11 14:51 +0100
                Re: IBM and Red Hat Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2026-10-11 13:24 -0400
              Re: IBM and Red Hat The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-11 14:53 +0100
              Re: IBM and Red Hat Nicolas Paul Colin de Glocester <thanks-to@Taf.com> - 2026-10-11 20:38 +0000
                Re: IBM and Red Hat c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-10-12 00:38 -0400
                Re: IBM and Red Hat Cóilín Nioclásín Glostéir <thanks-to@Taf.com> - 2026-10-12 20:29 +0000
                Re: IBM and Red Hat c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-10-13 00:56 -0400
                Re: IBM and Red Hat Cóilín Nioclásín Glostéir <thanks-to@Taf.com> - 2026-10-13 09:45 +0000
                Re: IBM and Red Hat The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-13 08:14 +0100
                Re: IBM and Red Hat rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-10-13 17:25 +0000
                Re: IBM and Red Hat The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-13 18:38 +0100
                Re: IBM and Red Hat Cóilín Nioclásín Glostéir <thanks-to@Taf.com> - 2026-10-13 17:47 +0000
                Re: IBM and Red Hat c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-10-14 04:44 -0400
                Re: IBM and Red Hat Cóilín Nioclásín Glostéir <thanks-to@Taf.com> - 2026-10-14 10:49 +0000
                Re: IBM and Red Hat rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-10-14 19:28 +0000
                Re: IBM and Red Hat Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-10-13 18:16 +0000
                Re: IBM and Red Hat c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-10-13 22:22 -0400
            Re: IBM and Red Hat John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-10-12 09:08 -0700

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