RE: UNIX advert (was [LUG] the met office)

[simon.rodda@xxxxxx]

	* File Handling
	* IPC with PIPEs/shared memory etc
	* Network Comms with Sockets etc

Agreed; sometimes, they AREN'T looking for the complicated stuff. They just
want to know if you've heard of it, and can cope with cron tasks,
networking, maybe user account management...

Simon
ex- system manager of large HP-UX network, and application software
[1,000,000 lines in 5 subsystems: UX + VME bus]




> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Colin Ford [SMTP:colin.ford@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent:	Thursday, October 04, 2001 11:10 AM
> To:	list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:	RE: [LUG] the met office
> 
> I would have thought they mean C, with such methods as
> 
> * File Handling
> * IPC with PIPEs/shared memory etc
> * Network Comms with Sockets etc
> 
> I think they would have stated scripting if they were thinking
> of perl/sed/awk etc.
> 
> maybe?
> 
> Col.
> 
> 
> On 04 Oct 2001 10:47:37 +0000, MATTHEW BROWNING wrote:
> > > What's the question?
> > > 
> > > 'ooroo
> > 
> > As follows:  Mrs. Browning has recently completed her MSc and is 
> > currently taking tentative steps into the world of gainful 
> > employment.  One application form received is for the mentioned 
> > organisation.  The job description is standard stuff and demands 
> > experience of using software to model environmental processes (okay 
> > so far).  In the list of prerequisites, however, is listed 
> > 'proficiency in UNIX programming'.  A phone call later and we are 
> > none the wiser.  Our home system comprises one RH7.1 box and one 
> > Debian 2.2 at present, so she is at home in a UNIX environment, in 
> > addition, a significant part of her project involved the development 
> > of an involved model in C.  One interpretation would suggest that 
> > this fulfils the criterion in question.  However, they might intend 
> > for you to understand this comment to mean 'knows loads of Perl', or 
> > 'competent in system maintenance' etc.
> > I just reckoned there was an outside chance that someone could throw 
> > some light on this.  MB.
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