Michael Cash wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 21:44:04 +1000, windsor <fake@none.com> brought
> down from the Mount tablets inscribed:
>
>
>>>>>Actually, all that is needed
>>>>>is any sort of visa allowing employment, a pulse, and the ability to
>>>>>tie a necktie. The latter requirement can be waived if you have a
>>>>>presentable clip-on.
>>>>
>>>>Nova rejects around 40-50% of applicants, so that's alot of people
>>>>without a pulse.
>>>
>>>
>>>Or without a presentable clip-on, more likely.
>>>
>>>You don't have to be a genius to work at Nova, but you do have to be
>>>presentable.
>>
>>Depth of rapport with the interviewer is also important.
>
>
> That's a very pleasant way of rephrasing "sucking up".

I think you've put your finger on the pulse of the very nub of the gist
of why I don't work in Japan: no clip-on, don't suck-up very well
(although my nieces will say I plain suck), and I don't give a rodent's
rectum for people who don't really want to learn something. Guess I'll
keep Japan for holidays...

Dan