The original poster did not advertise any product or service, he just asked a sensible question about the present state of the embedded job market; The post was not an advert so no [AD] tag is required. I think we should cut people a bit of slack here .... It's too easy to go hunting for reasons to be critical of almost any posting. Peter Moreton > -----Original Message----- > From: pic microcontroller discussion list > [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of Mike Singer > Sent: 19 June 2004 22:27 > To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU > Subject: Re: [EE: ] Looking for work > > > David VanHorn wrote: > > >David, > > >don't take it as an attempt to "swing a handbag in anger", > > >but since head-hunters usually are quite religious about > > >ability of a potential employee to understand and respect > > >corporate rules, I think, this post would work better under > > >[AD:] tag.(see PICList corporate rules) > > > > Well, I am an EE, looking for work.. :) > > I'm not selling equipment. > > That's about "understanding corporate rules" > From "Welcome to the PICLIST": > "[AD]: This is for advertisements of a commercial product or > service. Don't SPAM, do post [AD]:" > > English is not my native language, so correct me if I'm wrong, > please. You are not looking for work, rather you are looking > for job, that is you are selling your work (service). > > Good Luck. > Mike. > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList > mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads