[ale] ALE as business partner?

[leam hall]

We must be from vastly different backgrounds! In "Linux at work"
(Goncalves, 1999) it specifically mentions pizza bribes.

Leam
 -- ghost-writer at large   :P






On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 3:33 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> HA!
>
> Linux geeks are more focused on the project/task/learning potential and
> are not as easily swayed by food bribes.
>
> or they have much worse ADHD...
>
> Bring out the booze and all bets are off.
>
> Hmm. screw the vi vs emacs! Lets have an IRON LIVER competition between
> windows weenies and unix wizards!
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 3:11 PM, Mike Harrison <cluon at geeklabs.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 18 Jun 2013, leam hall wrote:
>>
>>  Jim, understood. On the other hand, the ALE Jobs list is a great
>>> resource for recruiters. They
>>> would probably pay a little to subscribe. Maybe more if the person was
>>> "vetted" by peers.
>>>
>>> That said, where the money goes and how to define "vetted" is up for
>>> grabs. I'm much better at
>>> helping people plot a course for improvement than figuring out how to
>>> build a business.
>>>
>>
>> The local (grumble grumble..) .NET/ASP users group often has a regional
>> recruiting company as a sponsor. At a minimum, they show up with pizza and
>> beverages and get a short plug at the meeting. Sometimes they are involved
>> with or support the costs of the guest speaker. I haven't been for a while,
>> but during a few months there seemed to be competition between Modis and a
>> couple of other agencies and the offers to be a sponsor got fairly plush.
>> ie: Food, beverage, a respected industry speaker, schwag and demo software
>> to give away...
>>
>> When I was involved in AITP and ASTD, similar things happened.
>> I miss the days of "death by chocolate" being sponsored by Cisco.
>>
>>
>> We've tried this at Chugalug's, but it has not worked out the same.
>> Different social and professional group? Less organized?
>>
>>
>>
>>
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