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.)

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Heh. I'm in a place trying to standardize on Eclipse over IntelliJ. Wonder if this will be the future emacs/vi schism. (yeah, I'm vi all over ;-))

HR needs developers to vet job postings. Support needs developers to determine root causes. IT needs.. yeah. My career as a developer has been stunted because I want to help these people (and do so), which means I get less actual coding done, and the positive effect for the company is hidden from my bosses. Eh.

Have keyboard, will not travel.