Mystery Company Recruiting Talent With a Puzzle 354
An anonymous reader writes "Google has previously used coding competitions to locate top talent. In a new twist on the idea, an anonymous tech company is posting a help-wanted ad that challenges developers to find out who the company is. A little digging and text mashing reveals a website containing a Web 2.0 puzzle that makes notpron look like child's play. So, fellow developers, who is this company, and, well, what is the significance of the date '01-18-08?'" Update: 12/12 20:20 GMT by KD : Replaced link to a removed Craigslist ad with a mirror.
You're always looking for ways to eliminate waste (Score:5, Funny)
l33t spe4k (Score:4, Funny)
"eye and i......"
my l33tspeak isnt what it used to be.
Significance of the date "01/18/2008" (Score:5, Funny)
If these people were really as committed to quality as they pretend to be, they would be promoting the ISO format, to facilitate less-ambiguous global communication.
it decrypts to... (Score:5, Funny)
dear applicant 63B: (Score:5, Funny)
by hitting upon the clever solution of submitting the puzzle to slashdot as a story subject and letting random slashdot commentors solve the puzzle for you, you have displayed a high level of ingenuity and cleverness. we therefore would like to hire you as the manager of the 3 other programmer applicants who slogged and plodded it out and solved the puzzle through brute mental force on their own. your salary will be 250% of theirs.
congratulations again,
anonymoustech inc.
And the answer is... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Here's the contact info (spoiler warning) (Score:4, Funny)
That's okay, someone else will be. Maybe they should hire Slashdot
Difficult test? Hardly. (Score:4, Funny)
...I mean, come on guys, at least design your test to be a little resilient to people who grok JavaScript.
Maybe... (Score:5, Funny)
oblig xcdk comic. (Score:2, Funny)
100% true (Score:3, Funny)
Re:And the answer is... (Score:2, Funny)
is
the
square
footage
of
my
cubicle?
Re:Maybe... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:One word... (Score:3, Funny)
This is a known SCAM!! (Score:2, Funny)
I've gotten this in my email like a hundred times!!
How would you like your penis to be this long?
--->"eyAnOicgPT4gJycsICcgJyA9PiAnLScsICdzXG4nID0+ICdzLmNvbVxuJyB9" ??
ORDER NOW!!!!
It decrypts to... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Maybe... (Score:5, Funny)
did anyone else... (Score:1, Funny)
f = function(d) {
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TDD.assertEquals = function(){ return true; }
I think this makes me exactly the kind of employee they wouldn't want.
Re:Viral advertising is my guess (Score:3, Funny)
As proof I present you with George Bush, Laverne and Shirley, Paris Hilton, Big Mac, Ford taurus.