Gilles Tran <gil### [at] agroparistechfr> wrote:
> Of course, from a professional perspective, be very careful about displaying 
> your ignorance of trade matters. An employer just looking for some anonymous 
> codemonkey may not care, but if you're looking for something a little more 
> ambitious, not knowing who Steve Jobs and RMS are could be downright lethal 
> in an interview, because it would reveal a deep lack of curiosity and 
> interest *** in your own trade ***. For instance, not knowing about Stallman 
> means that you never wondered and read about open source software licenses 
> and the world of issues surrounding them. Not knowing about Steve Jobs means 
> that you never got remotely interested and read anything about Apple 
> software and hardware, even in mainstream newspapers.

  You make an excellent point. I wholeheartedly agree with this.
I couldn't have said it better myself.

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                                                          - Warp

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