Having a bit of free time this evening, I decided to do a bit of photo editing work. In this example, I took one slightly underexposed image + one highly overexposed image of a statue in London, England and combined them into one HDR image. Here you can see the three images, click one each to see a higher resolution version. (more…)
Recruiters these days never cease to amaze me. I am constantly hit by a barrage of “crap”, and I do mean “crap”, on a regular basis. Take an email I received today, not sure what’s supposed to entice me in this, but here’s the email as sent to me:
Since you’ve communicated with [company name] in the past, I wanted to touch base and get caught up with you on your potential career advancement. We’ve been placing many of your Yahoo colleagues lately, and are currently working with many Yahoo employees on their passive job searches, both at the individual contributor level and Management/Director level. Based on these dynamics and the information we have gathered, it looks like the timing is looking better and better to get out of Yahoo! Even if Yahoo is trying to bribe you into staying with promotions, counteroffers, or severance packages, don’t be fooled. The smartest people will leave now. One example: we had a candidate making 160k at Yahoo that would have gotten a 1 year severance package if he stayed till after the Microsoft acquisition, but he still left and is happily placed at a much better company. (more…)
