Reply to: Anyone got experience of Legacy Systems?

[alreadypacked]

I have the words 'bespoke application' somewhere on my CV, and I quite often get the comment "you have bespoke experience" form an agent as they scan my CV.

But now I think they are reading a scan of my CV.

[AlfredJPruffock]

I have also had "What version of PRINCE are you?" and "Do you have PRINCE two point nought?"

Prince of Darkness ?

[scooterscot]

With that sort of quality recruitment I'm expecting a 25-35% cut... and a box of chocolates to express my gratitude.

[NotAllThere]

I used to regularly get “I see you’ve got Visual C++, but have you got any straight C++?”

Long, long ago I used to have resourcers giving me grief about the amount of experience on each model of DEC VAX I had ever programmed on, “sorry, my client is looking for more experience of 780’s; your experience of 750’s and 782’s won’t count.”

Saw one contract where they wanted someone who had experience of VAX/VMS systems management, but specified that it had to be through VT220 terminal emulation...

[xoggoth]

Ah DEC VAX! I am currently keeping cool with a fan made of two old 110V DEC VAX fans wired in series. It sounds like a 747 taking off and I had to put a pair of the wife's tights over it to avoid getting covered in minced moths. Great otherwise.

[Moscow Mule]

Sigh. I had the same with specific versions of software...

... after working with every single major version and most minor versions available over a period of 15 years, the numpties thought I couldn't handle the latest version.

Ditto,

Pimpy: "I need 5 years experience with x v1.2"

Me: "It's not been released yet, the job you're recruiting for is at the alpha-site."

[Sysman]

Long, long ago I used to have resourcers giving me grief about the amount of experience on each model of DEC VAX I had ever programmed on, “sorry, my client is looking for more experience of 780’s; your experience of 750’s and 782’s won’t count.”

Sigh. I had the same with specific versions of software...

... after working with every single major version and most minor versions available over a period of 15 years, the numpties thought I couldn't handle the latest version.

[Moscow Mule]

My most favourite job ad was about ten-ish years ago.

There was a road-side poster opposite the bus stop advertising the brand new IBM AS/400.

I was reading Computing or Computer Weekly at the bus stop. It had a job ad for someone with "2 years IBM AS/400 experience".

Would have been much longer than 10 years ago!!!

[RichardCranium]

I have also had "What version of PRINCE are you?" and "Do you have PRINCE two point nought?"

[darmstadt]

I quite often get them ringing up for IBM mainframe positions and then I ask what operating system, z/VM, z/OS, z/TPF, zLinux or z/VSE. They then mention MVS which hasn't been around for years (mutated into OS/390 and then z/OS) and spend the next 20 minutes giving them a history of mainframe systems. In the end they only wanted a COBOL programmer or DB2 DBA, both of which I'm neither and doesn't even say it in my CV.

[HairyArsedBloke]

I used to regularly get “I see you’ve got Visual C++, but have you got any straight C++?”

Long, long ago I used to have resourcers giving me grief about the amount of experience on each model of DEC VAX I had ever programmed on, “sorry, my client is looking for more experience of 780’s; your experience of 750’s and 782’s won’t count.”

[RichardCranium]

My most favourite job ad was about ten-ish years ago.

There was a road-side poster opposite the bus stop advertising the brand new IBM AS/400.

I was reading Computing or Computer Weekly at the bus stop. It had a job ad for someone with "2 years IBM AS/400 experience".

[RichardCranium]

I saw my agency re-written CV saying "microsoft sea"

[Bunk]

I once got asked if I had any experience of CCS. I usually keep well clear of that nonsense.

[MrMark]

I get really annoyed when people come on here moaning that Pimps have no technical experience and just search for Keywords.....

Shirley you have "Legacy Systems" in your cv!!!!

If you phone up be sure to tell them its Legacy System V1.2

But I've only ever worked on legacy systems Mark 1 !