never seen that in a job posting before...

[cellio]

From this job posting for an API Technical Writer (sic):

"Our ideal candidate [...] Comfortable authoring in HTML and XML using plain-text editors (no WYSIWYG)"

That's how I work all the time. I didn't know anybody else cared. :-)

(Because (1) after 30+ years the emacs muscle-memory is strong; (2) it means I actually know the spec (at least the important parts); (3) I don't have to clean up after tools' bad decisions about what I meant.)

Comments

[metahacker.livejournal.com]

"Our ideal candidate [...] is willing to put up with our inability to outfit our employees with basic tools, and is willing to make fire from flint and steel."

I mean--I still write HTML by hand, in vi, a lot of the time. And I also use everything else in the world, too. Why don't they just say "No script kiddies, if you don't know what your tool is generating, we don't want you"?

Stupid hiring process where dev and HR play telephone.

[dr-zrfq.livejournal.com]

THIS AND A HALF. (Or I could have said "+infinity" or something similar...)

I am amused that they misspelled the website at the end of the posting (careers has *two* E's guys). It's unfortunate that the position is in CA; had it been closer I'd have applied.

[zachkessin.livejournal.com]

Yea

This from the guy who has written several books in Emacs or VI with Docbook.

I really hate IDE's.