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On 04-Oct-2001 at 10:47:37 MATTHEW BROWNING wrote: > 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 > The statement itself is somewhat vague. In that respect they do not seem to be asking for someone with specific requirements. I would have thought that they were referring to the C language *and* working in a UNIX environment - as opposed to knowing C but on a Windows machine. If Mrs B knows shell programming (but then which one? Korn, C, Bourne, etc, etc) and/or Perl then so much the better. I suspect it will come done to how well she does in the interview, and, putting it bluntly, how much bull-shitting she can get away with! :-) The use of a home linux machine can only be an advantage so make sure she mentions it :-) Good luck to her by the way :-) John. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ John Horne, University of Plymouth, UK Tel: +44 (0)1752 233914 E-mail: jhorne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx PGP key available from public key servers -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.