Cruel joke?

I am convinced that guru.com is a cruel joke. I have "bid" on dozens of
jobs and have yet to even receive a nibble, a question, or an
acknowledgement of my existence. Even jobs posted that fit me to a tee,
that require onsite work in my local zip code, where I am practically
giving my time away... nothing!

Am I right: guru.com is a black hole?

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John Redmond wrote:
> I am convinced that guru.com is a cruel joke. I have "bid" on dozens of
> jobs and have yet to even receive a nibble, a question, or an
> acknowledgement of my existence. Even jobs posted that fit me to a tee,
> that require onsite work in my local zip code, where I am practically
> giving my time away... nothing!
>
> Am I right: guru.com is a black hole?
>

I suspect many of those "jobs" are recruiters collecting resumes to pad
their pocket.

"I have 10,000 web designers available immediately"...

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In article <Xns96DECEAAD5E79barking@199.45.49.11>,
jredmond@nospam.keystoneisit.com says...
> I am convinced that guru.com is a cruel joke. I have "bid" on dozens of
> jobs and have yet to even receive a nibble, a question, or an
> acknowledgement of my existence. Even jobs posted that fit me to a tee,
> that require onsite work in my local zip code, where I am practically
> giving my time away... nothing!
>
> Am I right: guru.com is a black hole?
>
>
It ranks right up there with craigslist. Lots of work, little pay.

I turned down 2 jobs I found at craigslist when I found the offer to be
1/4 of my normal rates.

> It ranks right up there with craigslist. Lots of work, little pay.
>
> I turned down 2 jobs I found at craigslist when I found the offer to
> be 1/4 of my normal rates.

yeah, similar findings. somehow there's always some starving to death
developer with no self esteem grabbing it all.

someone who fits the "php/mysql guru, expert html, javascript, flash,
photoshop, illustrator, c++, autocad, .net, asp, coldfusion who will dance
naked and make us lunch for $10/hr" bill.

On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 0104 -0000, trevor <not@your.house> wrote:

>
>> It ranks right up there with craigslist. Lots of work, little pay.
>>
>> I turned down 2 jobs I found at craigslist when I found the offer to
>> be 1/4 of my normal rates.
>
>yeah, similar findings. somehow there's always some starving to death
>developer with no self esteem grabbing it all.
>
>someone who fits the "php/mysql guru, expert html, javascript, flash,
>photoshop, illustrator, c++, autocad, .net, asp, coldfusion who will dance
>naked and make us lunch for $10/hr" bill.

Too funny. Maybe you aren't worth what you think you are. ;-)

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nospam@geniegate.com wrote:
> In: <Xns96DECEAAD5E79barking@199.45.49.11>, John Redmond <jredmond@nospam.keystoneisit.com> wrote:
> >I am convinced that guru.com is a cruel joke. I have "bid" on dozens of
> >jobs and have yet to even receive a nibble, a question, or an
> >acknowledgement of my existence. Even jobs posted that fit me to a tee,
> >that require onsite work in my local zip code, where I am practically
> >giving my time away... nothing!
> >
> >Am I right: guru.com is a black hole?
>
> I would say the western world is the black hole. :-/ (as in,
> a star that literally collapsed on itself)
>
> Never tried guru.com, but I've tried several others. Nowadays I just monitor
> them to see what the folks are up to, occasionally bidding, but mostly to
> remind myself that we're on a sinking ship called the 'USA'.
>

http://www.murderthestupid.com/detail.php?id=3

-Karl

wrote

> but mostly to remind myself that we're on a sinking ship called the
> 'USA'.

"We're"? Speak for yourself.

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