> I often get into flame wars during my interview. If the hiring manager says something that indicates he is a jackass, I will quite bluntly inform him of that fact
Do you see the correlation? If you said this to me in an interview it would be over immediately.
I get lots of interviews with managers who use technologies I'm quite happy with.
When I say I am discriminated against because of my age, it's because I can tell they don't want to hire me, the very instant they look at me.
Do you know the term "code word", with reference to discrimination? With me, I am often told I would not "fit the company culture".
My ex-wife was one a motel manager. She was specifically told not to rent rooms to First Nations people (ie. Native Canadians).
A friend once interviewed to be an apartment manager. She was specifically told not to rent to black people.
However, the owners of that hotel and that apartment, did not specifically come right out and say so. They used "code words", for example the apartment owner told my friend to inform people that spoke in a certain way, that there were no apartments available.
Quite likely you and the others who raise objections, have never been subjected to age, racial, religious or sexual discrimination. Those who have know what I'm talking about.
When was the last time you met a Mexican-American computer programmer? One who actually had a job?
The education in Mexico, I understand, is very very good.
Even born and raised American citizens don't find much work in technology, if they are of Hispanic heritage.
That's not just me saying it - I am an Anglo. I've observed that to be the case everywhere I have ever worked, I've also read about it in the trade press.
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.
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.
