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On Mar 10, 2014, at 12:19 PM, Lisa Rabey wrote: > On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 11:46 AM, Joe Hourcle > <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> For those looking to hire a Perl programmer, two suggestions: >> >> 1. Don't put it in all caps: >> >> http://www.perl.org/about/style-guide.html > > > This is a fair point if they only all-capped Perl, which they didn't; > they capped the title of the job. I'm assuming they did this for > formatting reasons in the email, which should have no barring in > "who's dabbling" in the community and who is not. And although I'm normally a fan of trimming down message test to the relevant parts, you conveniently removed the other three occurrences of 'PERL' in the posting: "We are seeking a PERL Programmer to work ..." "Minimum of 1 year of PERL programming experience" "Experience using PERL, JAVA or other ..." > But it also raises the point that if I were a Perl programmer, someone > nitpicking about email formatting is probably not someone I would want > to work with. Right ... I should apologize for top-posting in my last message. I'm sorry, and I'll try not to do it again. Thank you for not continuing the top-posting in your reply. -Joe