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"not fit the company culture" has many meanings. Again, if you started any type of flame war in my interview, you would be gone instantly

MichaelCrawford 12y ago
I don't start flame wars in meetings. That's because I don't accept offers from companies that I don't respect. What I'm saying is that hiring managers often tell me I won't fit the company culture, as a direct result of seeing me in person, rather than communicating via email or telephone.
- devopsproject 12y ago
  > I don't start flame wars in meetings > I often get into flame wars during my interview Make up your mind and then get back to me
  - MichaelCrawford 12y ago
    I already did. What I just said is that I don't accept offers from managers that I regard as idiots. When I am actually working for a firm, I am always the consummate professional.
    - devopsproject 12y ago
      I'm suggesting it is your attitude and not your age but you seem to be dead set on being right.
      - MichaelCrawford 12y ago
        How can it be my attitude, when the age discrimination is made plainly apparent before I even speak?
        devopsproject 12y ago
        How is made plainly apparent?
        MichaelCrawford 12y ago
        The interviewer uses what are known, with reference to the topic of discrimination, as "code words". For example, a close friend who was one of the pioneers of the video game industry, one of Atari's very first game designers, once interviewed to be a Games Evangelist for Apple. At the time, Apple had not done anything to promote Macintosh games, at least not for quite a long time. My friend was dead certain he'd get an offer, but the hiring manager told my friend that he "looked tired" and so would not be suitable for what in reality is a marketing position. I myself look tired all the time; there's not a whole lot I can do about that. That doesn't mean that I really _am_ tired. The other way that it's made plainly apparent, is that I talk just like a surfer dude, so I sound quite young over the phone. The way others respond to me over the phone is quite different from the way they speak to me when they see me in person.
MichaelCrawford 12y ago
If I start a flame war in your interview, it's because I don't want to work for you. But before we part ways, I aim to set you straight, so that you stop making such mistakes as, for example, using CoreEdit. I regard that as a public service to the community. Apple's vendor lock-in is a particular sore point with me, as I have experienced it with many vendors, but Apple worst of all. Quite commonly I interview to work on a client's very first Mac or iOS product, after they have experience with some other platform. For example I do a lot of Mac ports of successful Windows products. Also quite commonly, the client wants to make use of some really, really ill-advised Apple technology, perhaps as a result of Apple's Developer Evangelism, or having attended an Apple World-Wide Developer Conference, without the understanding that those conferences are specifically intended to enable vendor lock-in. So I regard it as my duty to the client to advise them not to use Apple-only technologies when a suitable portable technology already exists.

MichaelCrawford 12y ago

I don't start flame wars in meetings. That's because I don't accept offers from companies that I don't respect. What I'm saying is that hiring managers often tell me I won't fit the company culture, as a direct result of seeing me in person, rather than communicating via email or telephone.

devopsproject 12y ago
> I don't start flame wars in meetings > I often get into flame wars during my interview Make up your mind and then get back to me
- MichaelCrawford 12y ago
  I already did. What I just said is that I don't accept offers from managers that I regard as idiots. When I am actually working for a firm, I am always the consummate professional.
  - devopsproject 12y ago
    I'm suggesting it is your attitude and not your age but you seem to be dead set on being right.
    - MichaelCrawford 12y ago
      How can it be my attitude, when the age discrimination is made plainly apparent before I even speak?
      - devopsproject 12y ago
        How is made plainly apparent?
        MichaelCrawford 12y ago
        The interviewer uses what are known, with reference to the topic of discrimination, as "code words". For example, a close friend who was one of the pioneers of the video game industry, one of Atari's very first game designers, once interviewed to be a Games Evangelist for Apple. At the time, Apple had not done anything to promote Macintosh games, at least not for quite a long time. My friend was dead certain he'd get an offer, but the hiring manager told my friend that he "looked tired" and so would not be suitable for what in reality is a marketing position. I myself look tired all the time; there's not a whole lot I can do about that. That doesn't mean that I really _am_ tired. The other way that it's made plainly apparent, is that I talk just like a surfer dude, so I sound quite young over the phone. The way others respond to me over the phone is quite different from the way they speak to me when they see me in person.

MichaelCrawford 12y ago

If I start a flame war in your interview, it's because I don't want to work for you. But before we part ways, I aim to set you straight, so that you stop making such mistakes as, for example, using CoreEdit. I regard that as a public service to the community. Apple's vendor lock-in is a particular sore point with me, as I have experienced it with many vendors, but Apple worst of all. Quite commonly I interview to work on a client's very first Mac or iOS product, after they have experience with some other platform. For example I do a lot of Mac ports of successful Windows products. Also quite commonly, the client wants to make use of some really, really ill-advised Apple technology, perhaps as a result of Apple's Developer Evangelism, or having attended an Apple World-Wide Developer Conference, without the understanding that those conferences are specifically intended to enable vendor lock-in. So I regard it as my duty to the client to advise them not to use Apple-only technologies when a suitable portable technology already exists.