C# programming position in Houston, TX. Mid-level developer.

[JamesMason]

Our company is looking for a mid-level C# programmer in the Houston
area (location: right outside 610 loop on highway 290). Position type
is full-time employment (401k, medical, etc...). Rate: $50-$60k/year
(exact rate will be based on experience and other qualifications)

Required skills: Minimum 1 years working with C#, ADO.NET and ASP.NET
in Visual Studio environment. 3 years working with an object-oriented
language (prefer Java or C++ exper. OOP practices with VB6 can also
fill this requirement). 3 years working with Microsoft SQL Server
(stored procedures, views, triggers, etc...). XML, Web Services and
Crystal Reports. Four year degree in Computer Science or related field
-or- equal work experience.

Desired skills: Experience with Legato ApplicationXtender
(programming), BizTalk Server, ESRI ArcObjects/ArcIMS programming
experience, general knowledge of GIS, Microsoft certifications.

Send resumes to: (e-mail address removed) as attachment in MS Word or Adobe PDF
format.
Place in subject "HOUSTION C# JOB OPP" (without the double quotes).

I am not a headhunter, if an offer is extended there will be no
"middle man" involved.

 

[Guest]

Please don't post shite job adverts for jobs in America, no-one but the americans are interested, so please don't be arrogant enough to assume that everyone here is american, even if they were they're not necessarily anywhere near houston.

 

[Robert Misiak]

This is an unmoderated group, and a C# programming position certainly is
consistent with the topic of the group. This group is in the English
language, and the US is the largest English-speaking country. If I'm not
mistaken, there are a microsoft.* groups for foreign languages. If this was
a German-language group, it would be appropriate to post an ad for a
position in Germany, so why not here?

And for those who aren't in the US, postings such as this give immigrants an
opportunity to improve their quality of life by finding a job here and
moving to our country - thousands of people do so each year.

I don't see any problem with it.

Robert

Please don't post shite job adverts for jobs in America, no-one but the

americans are interested, so please don't be arrogant enough to assume that
everyone here is american, even if they were they're not necessarily
anywhere near houston.

 

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

This is an unmoderated group, and a C# programming position certainly is
consistent with the topic of the group.

I'm not convinced, personally. The problem is that there isn't a
charter as such. If there *were*, I suspect it would state that the
purpose of the group was for discussion of the C# language and its
uses, and job postings don't really come under that banner, IMO.
(Admittedly many other postings have nothing inherently to do with C#,
and are really just framework API postings - that's a topic for another
thread though.)

This group is in the English
language, and the US is the largest English-speaking country.

True, although I suspect there are rather more non-US English speakers
than US English speakers...

If I'm not
mistaken, there are a microsoft.* groups for foreign languages. If this was
a German-language group, it would be appropriate to post an ad for a
position in Germany, so why not here?

We disagree on the last part.

And for those who aren't in the US, postings such as this give immigrants an
opportunity to improve their quality of life by finding a job here and
moving to our country - thousands of people do so each year.

I don't see any problem with it.

I would prefer to have a separate .jobs group, or maybe a .announce
group for both jobs and product announcements.

 

[David Levine]

I would prefer to have a separate .jobs group, or maybe a .announce
group for both jobs and product announcements.

I'd prefer it too but until then where else should it be posted? I find the
idea of posting job openings for .NET developers to be a cheery one.

There should also be a newsgroup for .NET products. One use would be to
review the products with a thumbs-up/down.

 

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

I'd prefer it too but until then where else should it be posted? I find the
idea of posting job openings for .NET developers to be a cheery one.

Personally I'd rather job openings weren't posted until there was a
suitable group for it. The number of people it's appropriate for is
likely to be very small for any one advert, frankly, and if it's
appropriate they're likely to be searching in job-specific areas where
it *would* be appropriate anyway. (I suspect the number of jobs which
are *only* posted on this newsgroup is very small indeed.)

There should also be a newsgroup for .NET products. One use would be to
review the products with a thumbs-up/down.

Possibly. Sounds like it could very easily be abused, but it might be
worth trying.

 

[Guest]

This is an unmoderated group, and a C# programming position certainly is

consistent with the topic of the group. This group is in the English
language, and the US is the largest English-speaking country. If I'm not
mistaken, there are a microsoft.* groups for foreign languages. If this was
a German-language group, it would be appropriate to post an ad for a
position in Germany, so why not here?

Well, if you must ask - because America isn't the main country of the English language, not even the primary one and certainly not the first. So, don't try to claim a a one-to-one relationship exists between YOUR country and OUR language.

And for those who aren't in the US, postings such as this give immigrants an
opportunity to improve their quality of life by finding a job here and

errmmm....
1) Immigrants and refugees don't end up in America so don't kid yourself they do,
2) It is very difficult for anyone even a British national to emigrate to the USA, but why the hell they'd want to god knows.
3) It WOULDN'T improve their quality of life - it would diminish it! Don't get me wrong - America's a lovely country - but it's got the one factor that puts a lot of British people off - the horrendous amount of Americans there.

I don't see any problem with it.

Well there's probably a lot of things you can't see sunshine, but this is a newsgroup for technical discussion, not an advertising board to bolster your own coffers.

 

[Guest]

I'm not convinced, personally. The problem is that there isn't a

charter as such. If there *were*, I suspect it would state that the
purpose of the group was for discussion of the C# language and its
uses, and job postings don't really come under that banner, IMO.
(Admittedly many other postings have nothing inherently to do with C#,
and are really just framework API postings - that's a topic for another
thread though.)

Well - in fact when you put it like that, ALL valid posts are just framework API postings - what actually is there to C# other than the framework it manipulates? Few curly brackets, not much else... the grammar of the language itself is purely a shell.

True, although I suspect there are rather more non-US English speakers
than US English speakers...

EXACTLY. American arrogance is what I was taking offence to

 

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Well - in fact when you put it like that, ALL valid posts are just
framework API postings - what actually is there to C# other than the
framework it manipulates? Few curly brackets, not much else... the
grammar of the language itself is purely a shell.

An interesting shell, however. There are still some posts which are
C#-specific - questions about how to override various things,
suggestions about foreach syntax, questions about how parameters are
passed, etc.

 

[Daniel O'Connell [C# MVP]]

errmmm....
1) Immigrants and refugees don't end up in America so don't kid yourself
they do,
2) It is very difficult for anyone even a British national to emigrate to
the USA, but why the hell they'd want to god knows.
3) It WOULDN'T improve their quality of life - it would diminish it! Don't
get me wrong - America's a lovely country - but it's got the one factor
that puts a lot of British people off - the horrendous amount of Americans
there.

I have to say, this really isn't the proper forum for blowing off your...how
would you put it, nationalistic opinions. While perhaps you are not
American, there are those here that are and may hold similar views about
your country of origin, the quality of British English, etc. If you want to
complain about politics, races, human languages, or what have you, there are
plenty of other forums for that. This forum is for C# and to a lesser extent
..NET. How about we focus on that for a while?

 

[Robert Misiak]

Well, if you must ask - because America isn't the main country of the

English language, not even the primary one and certainly not the first. So,
don't try to claim a a one-to-one relationship exists between YOUR country
and OUR language.

errmmm....
1) Immigrants and refugees don't end up in America so don't kid yourself

they do,

I don't understand how someone who doesn't even live here would claim to
know such a thing, but this is a country that was made by and for
immigrants. The foreign-born population of the United States is currently
31.1 million people - that's 11.5 percent of the population. Unless you
think I'm "kidding myself" about 31.1 million people, immigrants really do
end up in America.

2) It is very difficult for anyone even a British national to emigrate to

the USA, but why the hell they'd want to god knows.

3) It WOULDN'T improve their quality of life - it would diminish it! Don't

get me wrong - America's a lovely country - but it's got the one factor that
puts a lot of British people off - the horrendous amount of Americans there.

Well there's probably a lot of things you can't see sunshine, but this is

a newsgroup for technical discussion, not an advertising board to bolster
your own coffers.

 

[Eric Johannsen]

I'm guessing you are French?

Please don't post shite job adverts for jobs in America, no-one but the

americans are interested, so please don't be arrogant enough to assume that
everyone here is american, even if they were they're not necessarily
anywhere near houston.

 

[David Levine]

Personally I'd rather job openings weren't posted until there was a
suitable group for it.

I'd prefer such a group to be up-and-running long before I have personal
need of it, so I say... post away!

Serioiusly, the more jobs posted the more pressure there'll be to actually
start a job-specific news group. Isn't that how groups get started?

 

[Matt Slaughter]

Please don't post shite job adverts for jobs in America, no-one but the

americans are interested, so please don't be arrogant enough to assume that
everyone here is american, even if they were they're not necessarily
anywhere near houston.

Sounds like it's your time of the month!

 

[Thomas Payne]

Please don't post shite job adverts for jobs in America, no-one but the

americans are interested, so please don't be arrogant enough to assume that
everyone here is american, even if they were they're not necessarily
anywhere near houston.

Please don't post shite job adverts for jobs in America, no-one but the

americans are interested,

So you speak for the rest of the world? Impressive!

so please don't be arrogant enough to assume that everyone here is

american,

"arrogant" For offering someone a job? Wow!

even if they were they're not necessarily anywhere near houston.

Lived in the same place all you life huh?

 

[JamesMason]

Bee..eves,

I'd like to remind you that this is an open (an is immoderated)
newsgroup. Given the task to find a C# programmer in a small time
window I felt this newsgroup would be a good place to make this post
(I have my own reasons for selecting this newsgroup, by needless to
say it's quite easy to do a little research on someone who contributes
here). Also I see no harm as this is an immoderated group and this is
a one time deal.

"... example of American arrogance". Listen, I don't take kindly to
stereotypes and that's exactly the picture you have of me (and
probably all Americans in general), this is very sad and it just
demonstrates how many cultures are being brain washed. I am quite
aware that people from all over the world post in this newsgroup. As
with most jobs, the position does happen to be tied to a specific
location which in this case happens to be in the US. But you seem to
presume that I am too shallow to realize this newsgroup has a global
user base and that I take offense to.

Had I seen a job posting in here for a location in: China, India, UK,
etc.. I would have no problem with it and honestly wouldn't give it
another thought. However you took offense to a job posting specific to
a US city, shame on you.
I'm sad that you have been mislead to believe that we all think and
act a cretin way. Many consultants I know travel around the world to
work on-site as needed, our profession is often global.

I don't know any fellow Americans who would fit your profile. We don't
walk around thinking we are better than the rest of the world, in fact
we acknowledge that we rely on the rest of the world and we respect
other cultures. Some of us have a great since of national pride, but
this should not be mistaken as disrespect for other countries and
cultures. Also when you see people proudly waving the flag it does not
mean that person agrees with everything our elected leaders are doing
in the world.

Don't be misled by ignorant teachers or a biased media, doing so would
make you no better than the arrogant American you have stereotyped me
out to be.

 

[DM McGowan II]

Bee..eves,

I'd like to remind you that this is an open (an is immoderated)
newsgroup. Given the task to find a C# programmer in a small time
window I felt this newsgroup would be a good place to make this post
(I have my own reasons for selecting this newsgroup, by needless to
say it's quite easy to do a little research on someone who contributes
here). Also I see no harm as this is an immoderated group and this is
a one time deal.

"... example of American arrogance". Listen, I don't take kindly to
stereotypes and that's exactly the picture you have of me (and
probably all Americans in general), this is very sad and it just
demonstrates how many cultures are being brain washed. I am quite
aware that people from all over the world post in this newsgroup. As
with most jobs, the position does happen to be tied to a specific
location which in this case happens to be in the US. But you seem to
presume that I am too shallow to realize this newsgroup has a global
user base and that I take offense to.

Had I seen a job posting in here for a location in: China, India, UK,
etc.. I would have no problem with it and honestly wouldn't give it
another thought. However you took offense to a job posting specific to
a US city, shame on you.
I'm sad that you have been mislead to believe that we all think and
act a cretin way. Many consultants I know travel around the world to
work on-site as needed, our profession is often global.

I don't know any fellow Americans who would fit your profile. We don't
walk around thinking we are better than the rest of the world, in fact
we acknowledge that we rely on the rest of the world and we respect
other cultures. Some of us have a great since of national pride, but
this should not be mistaken as disrespect for other countries and
cultures. Also when you see people proudly waving the flag it does not
mean that person agrees with everything our elected leaders are doing
in the world.

Don't be misled by ignorant teachers or a biased media, doing so would
make you no better than the arrogant American you have stereotyped me
out to be.

Well put. Just one comment, "sense" not "since" "[sense] of".