Eric S. Raymond personal blog

Master Foo and the Recruiter (2016)

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A technical recruiter, having discovered that that the ways of Unix hackers were strange to him, sought an audience with Master Foo to learn more about the Way. Master Foo met the recruiter in the HR offices of a large firm.

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