7/21    I'm looking for a job. http://flophouse.com/~dpassage/resume.text
          --dpassage
          \_ Got tired of working for israeli firewall company?
                \_ very perceptive.
                \_ GPA, classes taken, publications? ??? I know you graduated
                    \_ technical
                   long time ago, but employers still want to see them
                                        - professional HR person
                   \_ chris, is that you?
                                        \_ a good sign of a company you don't
                                           want to work for.  -tom
                                           \_ no, that's what is called a
                                              troll.
                \_ so what are your salary expectations? $75K + 401k + etc.?
                   \_ If you have to ask...  As for GPA, only weenies
                      put that on their resume.
                      \_ No, people put them on their resumes because they're
                         going to be asked sooner or later anyway.  The
                         weenies are the ones that put it down because
                         they have nothing else to show for themselves.
                         \_ Tom's right. Companies that ask are staffed by
                            weenies. You don't want to work for them. --dim
                         \_ I've only been asked my GPA by the lame ass moron
                            companies, usually found via recruiters.  As much
                            as I hate to agree with tom, he's right.  Those
                            are lame companies, especially if you've already
                            got time at some other job.  A company you want
                            to work for will never ask for your GPA.  It's
                            a stupid question and says nothing about how good
                            or bad an employee you'll be.  In fact, I'd be
                            concerned about too high a gpa (if volunteered)
                            because that tells me the person is probably a
                            politcal kiss ass, not a good worker.  -agrees
                                with tom for once
                         \_ I very much doubt "political prowess," whatever
                         that means in this context, will allow one to have
                         high GPA in majors like CS or Math.  I dare any
                         politico to prove me wrong. -- ilyas
                         \_ Given that majors usually have at least 50% of
                            classes NOT in the major, i'd say what you
                            were trying to say has been proved wrong
                            \_ My friend, taking a few cog. sci. classes on
                            the side won't save your butt in a technical
                            major here at Cal. -- ilyas
                            \_ All the potstick eating weenies in BH's classes
                               got higher final grades and no they didn't get
                               more total points.
                                \_ Hey, some of us potsticker eating weenies
                                   DID get more total points, too. Not only
                                   that, but we ALSO had time to spare to eat
                                   potstickers. -potsticker-eating smartass