OT: Buckeye Job Recruiters
I don't normally post, but a buddy sent me this gem. I thought it was quite amusing:
"Recruiter called yesterday told me she had .net developer position doing work in "The C Pound". Now, normally, I just hang up on recruiters, but when she said "The C Pound", I needed to know more. So, I politely corrected her and said "it is just called C sharp, but it is written as the letter C with a pound sign." She continued on with her little phone talking points but through the whole thing she kept calling it "The C Sharp." I declined her request to know more but I did ask where she attended school, and yes it was "The Ohio State University." This made my day."
And someone responded with this gem:
"Someone asked me the other day if I was looking to relocate to the Columbus OH area. I had to decline her and let her know that nobody is ever actually trying to relocate there..."
Happy OT Season!
Edit: C# is a computer programming language - the recruiter kept calling it "C pound" instead of C-sharp and she kept adding "The" in front of it.
February 11th, 2017 at 7:26 PM ^
I'm confused,
February 11th, 2017 at 7:28 PM ^
February 11th, 2017 at 7:30 PM ^
C# is a programming language; the recruiter clearly had no clue wtf she was talking about and kept insufferably puttting "The" in front of everything. Naturally, she went to OSU :D
February 11th, 2017 at 7:32 PM ^
I think he has a misspeak -- I think he meant to say, throughout the conversation, she kept calling it C-pound (he incorrectly writes C-sharp).
I'm sorry, does not knowing C pound versus C sharp really speak to a bad education? Cuz my UM engineering degree didn't arm me to know the difference. The OP sounds... petty. But, anyway, Go Blue!
February 11th, 2017 at 7:34 PM ^
Recruiter kept inserting "The" in front of everything, which totally fits as she went to "The" OSU
February 11th, 2017 at 8:32 PM ^
My Engineering degree required me to learn most of the basic programming languages - which includes C#. What type of engineering degree did you get that did not require it, as i know EE and CE both do.
February 11th, 2017 at 9:09 PM ^
February 11th, 2017 at 9:11 PM ^
While it's not exactly an uncommon or exotic language, I never heard of it being taught in the engineering school at UM. It's a functional language, which is more applicable to math-oriented jobs.
UM engineering was mostly C/C++. Python, JS, jQuery as well.
February 12th, 2017 at 7:42 AM ^
February 12th, 2017 at 12:21 PM ^
This is the way it was in 2003 when I was a freshman.
February 12th, 2017 at 10:05 AM ^
What they speak is "Thee", not "The".
What appears on their university seal is "The OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY".
All those ignorant buckeyes have been mispronouncing "The", I assume, in an attempt to elevate their status.
February 11th, 2017 at 7:30 PM ^
February 11th, 2017 at 7:35 PM ^
This might be in the running for the most random post of the week actually, which is saying something in a season of up and down basketball and just after a lengthy discussion on the relative level of interest in threads which highlight a GoFundMe campaign.
February 12th, 2017 at 7:38 AM ^
February 11th, 2017 at 7:36 PM ^
February 11th, 2017 at 7:38 PM ^
February 12th, 2017 at 1:56 AM ^
February 11th, 2017 at 7:36 PM ^
February 11th, 2017 at 7:39 PM ^
Being surrounded by tech geeks all day has led to a bit of a bleeding effect
February 11th, 2017 at 7:36 PM ^
Does the fact that I understood this story make me an ungrateful millennial?
February 11th, 2017 at 8:33 PM ^
February 11th, 2017 at 7:45 PM ^
was a cyborg.
February 11th, 2017 at 7:53 PM ^
Why do you assume a recruiter is going to automatically understand your particular industry's lingo? Recruiters are not experts in a field.
February 11th, 2017 at 7:57 PM ^
February 11th, 2017 at 8:01 PM ^
Well I work in finance and I wouldn't expect a recruiter to talk to me about quant trading. They just look at your resume/current work position and try to find a better fit.
February 11th, 2017 at 9:27 PM ^
February 12th, 2017 at 2:18 PM ^
February 11th, 2017 at 9:46 PM ^
February 11th, 2017 at 10:55 PM ^
The story was funny to me because she kept inserting "The" in front of everything, and then concluded by saying she went to "The" OSU. Stereotype confirmed.
February 12th, 2017 at 12:47 AM ^
February 11th, 2017 at 8:40 PM ^
the joke is the 'THE' always in front of it not so much the pound vs sharp
February 11th, 2017 at 7:56 PM ^
February 11th, 2017 at 8:08 PM ^
February 11th, 2017 at 8:09 PM ^
Pretty sure 95% of this blog doesn't understand computer programming language. There are better ways to take shots at OSU.
February 11th, 2017 at 11:12 PM ^
February 11th, 2017 at 8:17 PM ^
February 11th, 2017 at 8:35 PM ^
C# is one of THE most basic computer programming languages that even my middle school, teenage daughter knows. I fully comprehended what you were saying, and I am having a very difficult time understanding why these people are now.
I also find that HILLARIOUS that recruiter doesn't know how to properly pronounce a job title that she is trying to sell to someone. Sounds like a real winner of a recruiter.
February 11th, 2017 at 8:41 PM ^
Too bad she didn't call it THE C hashtag
February 11th, 2017 at 8:42 PM ^
February 11th, 2017 at 8:43 PM ^
is strikingly palpable. There really is a Michigan difference.
When you guys wonder why so many other programs despise you, its this. Its soooo this.
February 11th, 2017 at 8:48 PM ^
February 11th, 2017 at 9:42 PM ^
I upvoted both of you. Because yes, the OP's story was arrogant. And also, fuck Ohio State because they are bags of dicks.
February 11th, 2017 at 11:58 PM ^
We revel in our arrogance, peasant.
February 11th, 2017 at 8:53 PM ^
This is so not insulting.
February 11th, 2017 at 8:55 PM ^
you're proving my point.
February 11th, 2017 at 10:01 PM ^
Not really.
February 11th, 2017 at 11:09 PM ^
What makes you think we give a rats ass about what other people think? Especially buckeyes? You think we're arrogant? Good for you. We think you're an uneducated, redneck, jackass. Good for us.
Move along, jockstrap, nothing to see here...
February 12th, 2017 at 12:00 AM ^
Don't you mean The point?
February 12th, 2017 at 12:32 AM ^