The greatest Unix job ad ever

Yes, it’s a funny ad, but it is full of truth and is sure to get exactly the right applicant. Unless you live in (or want to move to) Australia, you can’t apply for it, but it’s refreshing to see a realistic ad for a “Unix Specialist” written by someone who obviously has no points in his or her hair.The ad starts with:

Ah, Unix. Its cheapass cousin, Linux, is what all Microsoft users turn to just as their sanity reaches a crossroads. Did you know that Microsoft Word stills spellchecks ‘Unix’ as ‘UNIX’? Man, how 80’s does that look? I can imagine something like that flickering on the screen of a computer you assembled yourself from a crystal radio kit.

Trouble with Unix is that nobody really knows what it’s all about. Oh, sure, you’ve got your poindextrose types who type in things like “bash†and “grepâ€, but really, what does any of that mean? Well I’ll tell you. “bash†actually stands for “Bourne Again Shell†and what it is is an interface. It’s fairly unlikely that you’ll see many people typing “bash†in on a Unix machine. It’s like, with Windows, would you type “windowsâ€? Of course you wouldn’t. You’d type “exit†and then “format c:â€.