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So, you went from the black arts in the software world to the same in the hardware world. And you're back.
I'm retired. There's a nap for that...
- Harvey
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I am jealous. I keep telling my wife that I want to retire from I.T. and build furniture in my own shop.
Money makes the world go round ... but documentation moves the money.
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Just do it. Its fun. Come back when needed.
forging iron and new ideas
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You appreciate the field more than the jerk occupying space next to you, it's still classy.
There's some programming puns in there.
Good to hear that you're taking charge of your existence though, often we waste alot of time maturing only to realize we've been wasting time in meaningless trials with idiots. The real pay-off starts and ends with that cat looking back at us in the bathroom mirror. Welcome home.
I was unaware of that...
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Welcome back!
I'm currently unsupervised, I know it freaks me out too!
JaxCoder.com
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welcome back
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I just remembered CodeProject and came back around. Looking at my messages, my last was from 2011. Seeing your post made me reply 
It's been many years, but I'd like to come back more often. I am not much into programming anymore. I still own my software company but are much more on the management/sales side. But I'll to at least come to The Lounge often.
Great community here that I definitely miss!!
After a quick glance I just saw a couple of old-timers: Marc Clifton and of course Chris.
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Quote: My name is Wendy and I work for the hiring team at Randstad Direct, a recruiting organization. I should also mention I’m an artificially intelligent Recruiter. Yep— you heard that right!
The rest:
Quote: My colleagues at Randstad Direct and I are working with PNC to help hire for their Solutions Architect, Software Architect position in Secaucus, New Jersey. I came across your resume and thought that you might be a good fit for this role.
My goal is to learn more about you beyond just a resume. Through a simple conversation, I can help you get in front of the hiring managers faster. My aim is to be your advocate, presenting you in the most relevant way possible.
To get started please click the button below to begin chatting with me. I’m looking forward to meeting you!
And this is humorous:
Quote: If at any point you require assistance, please email the Wade & Wendy human support team at help@wadeandwendy.ai.
So, because I'm male, did I get assigned Wendy? If you're female, do you get Wade?
Ah no. Looking at Wade & Wendy[^]
I see that Wendy is a team recruiter for "passive candidates" (me, passive???) and screens applicants, while Wade is a personal recruiter. So, Wendy is free to me and Wade I would have to pay for?
So I decided to go for the "AI Interview", with the following Q&A:
Quote: Tell me a bit about yourself! Why would you be a good fit for the Solutions Architect, Software Architect position at PNC?
Because I am a God!
Quote: How many years of experience do you have in Information Technology?
Gods are immortal. So about 15 billion years, the age of the universe.
Quote: How many years of experience do you have as a Solution Architect?
Too many to count.
Quote: What programming languages do you have experience with?
The languages of life and love. After all, I created you puny humans and their even punier AI's!
The response:
Quote: I'll make a note of that.
 Maybe Wendy is warming up to me!
Quote: Do you have experience with relational databases?
Darn, that's a yes/no answer. I had a good answer lined up "Everything is in relation. Only the void, the nothingness, cannot relate to my light."
Quote: Tell me about your recent projects revolving around software architecture.
The known universe. All life on earth. The heavens. Hell too, though I gave that to Lucifer, bearer of the light.
Response: "Interesting!"
Quote: How much are you willing to travel?
I am all knowing, all seeing, everywhere always.
Quote: Are you willing to do a Motor Vehicle Report (MVR) check?
Darn. Another yes/no question. More yes/no questions about citizenship, etc.
Quote: What are you targeting for an hourly rate? Please be specific.
Money? Money is materialism. I am a god. I have no interest in material wealth!
Quote: What's the best phone number to reach you at?
666-666-6666
Quote: Alright! Is there anything else you'd like the Randstad Direct team to know?
How will you serve me???
That was fun!
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Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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Quote: I should also mention I’m an artificially intelligent Recruiter.
That would be a novelty - I've yet to meet a Naturally Intelligent Recruiter.
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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So should we start referring to you as;
a) Your holiness
b) Pope of peripherals
c) Divine developer
d) other
I'm currently unsupervised, I know it freaks me out too!
JaxCoder.com
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Probably d - the anti-christ of modern software development, methodologies, frameworks, and architecture.
Latest Article - Web Frameworks - A Solution Looking for a Problem?
Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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So, you do not preach holy code?
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In my experience most recruiters fail a basic Turing test
Chat bots are fun to play with, though I can't image they'll get many serious responses with an AI.
At least they're not pretending to be "personal" and to have "read your LinkedIn profile"
That being said, the in-house recruiter that got me my current job is one of the nicest and most fun people I know, I even voted for her as recruiter of the year!
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What really surprised me (well, I was hopeful, it's a fault of mine) was that there was no conversation. It was basically just a bunch of the same questions Monster and Indeed will ask, but in "dialog" form. WTF? That's not AI.
Latest Article - Web Frameworks - A Solution Looking for a Problem?
Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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Marc Clifton wrote: That's not AI.
Yes but it is a recruiter. Please asses the AIs capability in comparison to the human equivalent.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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Marc Clifton wrote: WTF? That's not AI.
Au contraire, if you look at the first chatbot of them all:
Quote: ELIZA is an early natural language processing computer program created from 1964 to 1966[1] at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory by Joseph Weizenbaum.[
ELIZA[^]
So the recruiters have cought up to the level of 1966, so what?
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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It's never AI, it's always ML.
I wouldn't be surprised if this bot actually analyzed 100s of "conversations" with recruiters and that's just what they do
Although you'd at least expect something like "I do not understand, can you please repeat that?" or "Let's stay on topic, okay?"
It's like "I'm really fast at math."
"Ok, so what's 234 x 1242?"
"5."
"That's not even close!"
"No, but it was fast."
It's "AI", just not very good.
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Did they ask you to click on all image segments with store fronts to prove that you are human? Maybe a recrutee AI bot will be the next big thing.
modified 20-Oct-19 21:02pm.
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Marc Clifton wrote: I should also mention I’m an artificially intelligent Recruiter
"Let me talk to a real person. Don't you have some patches you need to go install?"
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Looks like a bunch of code for collecting response to a predefined set of questions. And they call it AI. 
That "Interesting!" response was hilarious though!
You have just been Sharapova'd.
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Eliza 2.0[^]
I thought we finally had gotten over that long ago,
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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A real Dutch treat 
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