March 15, 2015 - Illustrator

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29 comments

Jan

"A-Dobie" (puntastic!) has confused an entire generation of hiring managers...

Yes, I know you can use Illustrator for illustration, but generally it's a graphic design tool. I've seen plenty of job postings by confused recruiters who equate the occupation with the name of the software... :)

MishaFox • 03/15/2015

LOL. Having been in many job interviews for a computer job I know the feeling. Often I've had an interviewer who has no idea about computers. And whose total knowledge of computers is 'Press the button and the computer stuff shows on the little TV screen.'

MishaFox • 03/15/2015

I hate job interviews - I REALLY hate them.

Interstate2011 • 03/15/2015

Good luck, Jessie.

Vandal • 03/15/2015

Such a weirdly uncomfortable interview. Jessie is going to have nightmares about that Cheshire grin Mr Roo is giving her.

Jan • 03/15/2015

Be sure to leverage the enthusiasm of the hiring manager to negotiate a better offer. Or run away screaming because they're really that desperate ;)

Night-X • 03/15/2015

One of those thing where I have no clue how stuff work but somehow can do the job without noticing it?

Sereverus • 03/15/2015

Illustrator is the work of the devil, I had to use it in classwork once and the permanent version put me back 100.00$

MishaFox • 03/15/2015

Vandal - You're right that grin is REALLY creepy!

Jade • 03/15/2015

Sounds like a recent job interview. The guy couldn't get his head around a Training package content manager and someone who constructs training packages. Upside is that I'm now going to go to school and learn Flash so I can create training packages as well as manage them. Saves the customer money, and I can charge more. Profit!

soriac • 03/15/2015

Brrr, creating a (pdf?) brochure with illustrator, that's not really nice. Its like baking bread in a bbq smoker, sure, it is possible somehow, but still, there are much better solutions for this task

Dragon Furry • 03/15/2015

I know the feeling MishaFox, looking for job atm and interviews can be a real pain in the tail.

Robin Bobcat • 03/15/2015

I have to wonder if he's either hoping he can get a two-for-one deal or if he's just a smidge clueless about what the job actually entails.

Either way, I forsee a sizable chunk of the Clients From Hell website coming up...

ndrvr • 03/15/2015

@Jan , would it be discourteous to ask for both outcomes (leverage enthusiasm / bail off screaming) to be illustrated ?

WB101 • 03/16/2015

MishaFox - I shouldn’t admit this, but I work in computer services, and computer ignorance ails far more than just interviewers. My experience is that most non-tech/non-geek types consider computers like toasters --- i.e. “I punch button… it feed me internets!” It's almost… disturbing how few folks seem to know what is really going on inside of their ‘magic boxes.’ O_o

…and now I’ve forgotten my punchline. is hit by random brick

Oh yeah! Now we get to see if Jessie can ‘dance.’ Oh the bittersweet tango of ze interview… :D

Bruce B. • 03/16/2015

If they know what they want you to accomplish, and you know what they want, and they have no clue how to get what they want but you do... Sometimes you just smile and nod a lot, and grin & agree that A-Dobie Illustrator is the perfect solution and you know it well...

Get the job and give them what they want using the right tools, and shut up about it for now. You might be able to educate them later, but don't hold your breath. Sometimes just "Doing the voodoo you do" is the important part.

Silverwolf • 03/16/2015

"How about AutoCAD? That's a painting program, right?"

Skye Goodfellow • 03/17/2015

This kind of reminds me of my days as an Internet tech supporter. Many customers call in upset that we have failed to give them the virus protection the salespeople promised, thinking that we're supposed to stop them at the server, but the protection is an anti-virus program that they're supposed to download. Salespeople just didn't give them enough information.

soriac • 03/17/2015

@Silverwolf, naah, everybody knows that cad stands for computer something design, sooo... websites and brochures ARE designed, aren't they??

is chased by an angry mob of engeneers with pitchforks and torches

ShotgunKid • 03/18/2015

You know, I didn't realize that 'A-Dobie' was a Bland Name. At first I thought it was just the roo's pronunciation.

Felassar • 03/18/2015

20th comment! WOOT!

Nick Shaefer • 03/19/2015

There seems to be something inherently "clue free" about such types (recruiters as well as hiring managers). I'm a software engineer, and have had the "Do you have C/C++ experience" question asked, and when I respond, "I've been programming in C for thirty years, and in C++ for about twenty years", I get the "Yes, but do you have C/C++ experience?" (as if it were a different language somehow...).

darkkitsune • 03/21/2015

@soriac, Cad stands for Computer-aided Design (Cad)

as far as interviews go... while I've had a couple of jobs, some of the jobs were a continuation from a previous job I've had. While I've had interviews, I haven't had tons. most of the jobs I've done were food service... fast food. Costumers in fast foods are interesting and while you'll meet tons of new faces, you'll always have some regulars as well.

Also, temp work may not be pretty, but money is money even if it is only minimum wage.

MishaFox • 03/22/2015

Darkkitsune - I know the feeling. Temp work generally sucks but it does pay the bills!

soriac • 03/22/2015

@darkkitsune: I was just citing "those" people. Most people who fancy themselves a "computer expert" know that the "c" in cad stands for "computer" and "d" for "design", but that's about it... Myself, I've seen the rise of cad from their big boom in the 80's, including other variations of "computer aided.." like engeneering, manufacturing and architecture modelling, even before it has been called "rapid prototyping" :-) Quite fascinating technique then, and even if todays computers are generations above these things, computing in the 80s was just more amazing then :-)

Chris 'Foxx' Yost • 03/22/2015

Everybody say it together with me! "A-do-be." ;)

A-Dobie ... you'll understand of course if I steal that for an upcoming chapter of "Sabrina Online: The Story" and www.chrisfoxx.com,

MishaFox • 03/26/2015

Ok you have to post a new pic. Mr happy Face there is starting to really creep me out. He's bringing back bad memories of job interviews in the past! ;)

Silverwolf • 05/13/2015

I think the worst interviews are the ones where they end with..."oh, we're hiring, we're just not hiring you." They misrepresent the job and then jerk you around a while.

Matt • 07/13/2015

Silverwolf Auto CAD is Computer aided drafting

Zanar Naryon • 02/01/2017

Meh, I would've gone for A-dope

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