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Comment on I Almost Got a Job on 37Signals Job Board by Carlos A. Cabrera

Carlos A. Cabrera — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:53:55 +0000

phenomsolutions1 just approached me looking for help with a WordPress gig (http://jobs.37signals.com/jobs/7129). His tone and the way he approached me felt very suspicious. I’m glad I blocked him after not accepting the offer and saved me from the insults.

Comment on I Almost Got a Job on 37Signals Job Board by Suspicious job posting on 37signals Job Board « The Eyeballer

Suspicious job posting on 37signals Job Board « The Eyeballer — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 06:01:01 +0000

[...] Jim Walker over at Datawalke encountered a suspicious client while responding to a job posting on 37… He informed me he had “loads of money.” After I quoted him, he quickly took that statement back and changed the scope of the project, we agreed on a price and the following conversation took place: [...]

Comment on I Almost Got a Job on 37Signals Job Board by Paul B

Paul B — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:47:14 +0000

Ha… at me. I clicked on your article because my lazy eyes on sub-notebook read “I got a job on 37signals Board.” Yeah baby!! Board of Directors gig at 37signals… now we’re talk’in!

Comment on DNN: How to Add a External Menu Link that Opens in a New Window by swetha

swetha — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:14:16 +0000

hi jim i want to know the location of pages in dnn and i need to transfer the pages from system to system can u help me in that

Comment on I Almost Got a Job on 37Signals Job Board by Amber

Amber — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:57:45 +0000

Oh my god, that is ridiculous. Not trying to spam here, but I seriously just wrote about someone being an idiot on my blog. What the heck is up with the inmates running the asylum?

I agree with PPs that you should send that to 37Signals and they should pull the ad. The only appeal of their job board is that it is “exclusive” to a certain kind of employer, but clearly this guy is off his rocker.

Also agree that you should have your info up. Or even a: here’s what sort of a language/project I am looking for type thing.

I thought you handled yourself well. I responded to your HN post also. It really sucks that you seem to be dealing with idiots here. Rest assured, there is a nice cushy job OR a stressful job with equity out there waiting for you, promise.

Comment on I Almost Got a Job on 37Signals Job Board by Jonathan

Jonathan — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:48:38 +0000

Hilarious, the first hit on google for this guy, is this job building for the (and I kid ye not) “BlueBerry”. LOL.

http://designjobslive.com/134321/shivum-gautama-enfiresolutions-designer-and-coder-needed-asap.php

He has to be a troll. No one is that dumbbbb.

Comment on I Almost Got a Job on 37Signals Job Board by Gabe da Silveira

Gabe da Silveira — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:40:34 +0000

I don’t have a problem working for clients with Tourettes, but I didn’t think it extended to text communications as well.

Comment on I Almost Got a Job on 37Signals Job Board by Brad Landers

Brad Landers — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:01:53 +0000

Oy. Don’t sweat it, Jim. Every freelancer experiences stuff like this. You responded far more professionally than most would have. Sometimes you just have to close the window and go have a cup of coffee while you shrug it off. For every good client, there are a hundred jerks who are convinced that they have come up with the next big idea. You’ve demonstrated that you’re better than them.

Comment on I Almost Got a Job on 37Signals Job Board by Jim Walker

Jim Walker — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:38:13 +0000

Jason, Thank you for looking into the situation and reaching out to this individual. If there is anything else I can do to assist you please let me know. I spoke with Michael Berger late last week on the issue.

Comment on I Almost Got a Job on 37Signals Job Board by Jim Walker

Jim Walker — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:36:19 +0000

Lachlan, Thank you for your comments. I will be emailing you some additional details later today that may help you out. I have used 99Designs in the past and think it provides a great service. In all the times using it I can’t recall seeing a scam or having a bad experience.