Microsoft Tried to Recruit ESR -- Joke of the Year..

[Satissh S]

Microsoft tried to recruit ESR ( Eric S Raymond ) The great Open Source hacker and his reply to their mail..
Read at his blog..

The following is, verbatim, a letter I received a few minutes ago from a Microsoft recruiter.

From: “Mike Walters (Search Wizards)” <v-mikewa@microsoft.com>
To: <esr@thyrsus.com>

Eric,

I am a member of the Microsoft Central Sourcing Team. Microsoft is
seeking world class engineers to help create products that help people
and businesses throughout the world realize their full potential.

Your name and contact info was brought to my attention as someone who
could potentially be a contributor at Microsoft. I would love an
opportunity to speak with you in detail about your interest in a career
at Microsoft, along with your experience, background and qualifications.
I would be happy to answer any questions that you may have and can
also provide you with any information I have available in regard to the
position s and work life at Microsoft.

Please take a moment to visit My Calendar
<http://www.appointmentquest.com/provider/2010224927> online to
schedule a convenient time for me to contact you. You can learn more
about our vision for the New World of Work at
<http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/execmail>
http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/execmail.

Additionally, if you are aware of any current or previous colleagues
who might also be interested in opportunities at Microsoft, I would be
happy to speak with them as well. Referrals are always welcome, and
are greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance and I look forward to an opportunity to speak to
you in the near future

Best regards,

Mike


<http://members.microsoft.com/careers/default.mspx>

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[eddie]

LOL!!! Microsoft must've fired the poor guy. Was a really funny read

[nach p]

Hey,it is really joke of the year!!!

[mehulved]

Wow that was stupendous. Now, we all know why MS is time and again capable of producing worse after worse. Just when we think we've seen worse of MS, there's more to come.

[eddie]

Yeah and they don't even get tired of this. This amazing thread should have been posted in General section