[JETLI626]

Ah, I didn't realize that this was already seen on a craigslist posting of all places. There's also one for a software developer on the UCSD job listings, paying between $120K-$160K per year. I take it that one's been seen, as well?

Is it certain that this is not a real company that will hire anyone? I'd like to call the career services center at UCSD and mock them for not doing proper research, and have those positions delisted to save students the hassle of submitting their applications.

[Darren Knight]

as long as it is relevant =] and yes that is crazy

/me searched hofstra job listing. lol

Im trying to think up a good CV for an assisstant....not sure what it entails though. and i STILL havent got a reply from Holomove =( im upset at this point. haha

[konamouse]

Yeah, but someone put it on the UCSD job board? That's unreal!

(I got my BA in Biology from UCSD in 1981).

[Darren Knight]

umm....is this....uh....

or maybe im just stupid =P and think this is the craigslisting copy/pasted

[JETLI626]

I found this forum and subsequent treasure trove of info after searching for some info on a job posting I came across at my university's career listings website.

Now that I've done some reading...well, I find it rather annoying that an ARG manages to find its way onto my university's job site. I started getting my hopes up because the pay was so high, and I met nearly all of the requirements, but now it seems that this will go absolutely nowhere. Or am I jumping to conclusions?

Here is the job posting, copy-pasted from UC San Diego's career listings.

Position Information

ID: 709188
Employer: Holomove [view profile] (note that the view profile link doesn't offer any useful info)
Position Title: Mechanical Engineer/Designer
Posting Date: May 7, 2008
Expiration Date: June 30, 2008
Division: N/A
Description : Interested in next-generation technologies? Work with like-minded engineers to design devices in a start-up pushing the boundaries of science!

Responsibilities:
• Support manufacturing engineering projects
• Develop product concept drawings and complete mechanical designs for new products
•Prepare working drawings, detail drawings, mechanical assembly drawings for new product designs.

Skills/Qualifications:
• B.S. in mechanical engineering or equivalent experience in mechanical design
• Experience with 3D solid modeling software, preferably SolidWorks.
•Familiarity with ANSI standards of drafting
•Experience with LabVIEW would be a plus
• Familiarity with computer/information systems, electronics, and optical test equipment

Location: San Diego, CA

Job Function: Engineering
Position Type: Full Time
Approximate Hours Per Week: 40
Salary Level: : $75,000 - $85,000, plus options based on performance
Location: Location


City
San Diego

State
California

Country
United States

[redct]

alexbutterfield wrote:

ineffabelle wrote: Now I'm thinking this may be an edutainment arg... -Belle It's been on my mind that this seems very well funded for something that doesn't have an obvious product attached. The fact that it's getting a geek demographic (no offense intended to geeks... or italians) to look into all these hologram ideas and futuristic user interface ideas, etc. makes me feel that by the end of this we might hear about something along the lines of Microsoft Surface, or something similar... how cool would it be if they were just raising awareness of holographic, haptic interfaces so we are all ready for a release of this kind of technology?! Also I find it well funny how ALL the resumes are lost (even those that werent sent!) and accompanying the email is the BIGGEST hint ever to just fake your resume with all the info they want you to say... ie. just rework the job descriptions from craigslist or the chef profile from the slow-food email. I'm not gonna write a chef resume, depending on how much time i have i might apply for another, but i would want to be filled in, well researched, first. But for those applying for a chef job. Maybe you could talk about Greek food, as the big boss has a greek name, George Poulapakis or whatever (no offense to Greek ppl if I got that wildly wrong :b ) PS. I wonder if we'd get an announcement at the bottom of the holomove site and/or a profile on the website if we get a job.

Oops. Dim-witted me just resent the resume...

Hopes it gets lost again so I can make something up even better.

[alexbutterfield]

ineffabelle wrote:

Now I'm thinking this may be an edutainment arg... -Belle

It's been on my mind that this seems very well funded for something that doesn't have an obvious product attached. The fact that it's getting a geek demographic (no offense intended to geeks... or italians) to look into all these hologram ideas and futuristic user interface ideas, etc. makes me feel that by the end of this we might hear about something along the lines of Microsoft Surface, or something similar... how cool would it be if they were just raising awareness of holographic, haptic interfaces so we are all ready for a release of this kind of technology?!

Also I find it well funny how ALL the resumes are lost (even those that werent sent!) and accompanying the email is the BIGGEST hint ever to just fake your resume with all the info they want you to say... ie. just rework the job descriptions from craigslist or the chef profile from the slow-food email.

I'm not gonna write a chef resume, depending on how much time i have i might apply for another, but i would want to be filled in, well researched, first.

But for those applying for a chef job. Maybe you could talk about Greek food, as the big boss has a greek name, George Poulapakis or whatever (no offense to Greek ppl if I got that wildly wrong :b )

PS. I wonder if we'd get an announcement at the bottom of the holomove site and/or a profile on the website if we get a job.

[Nighthawk]

So am I the only one that isn't using completely bogus information? I'm using a real resume and a real LinkedIn profile... feels rather weird doing that.

Well, at least y'all don't have to worry: I ain't no chef. I can't cook for squat.

(Ironic, ain't it?)

[shylilembrace]

Okay then, i'll start working on that when i'm asked for one ^^ i was considering going for the assistant position, but i have absolutely no clue what that would entail.

[jabroni]

shylilembrace wrote:

Okay, so like i asked earlier, since this is a game, can i polish my resume?

Don't just polish, make it as fake and awesome as possible!!

It looks like lots of us are going for the Chef position. Darn it.

[shylilembrace]

Okay, so like i asked earlier, since this is a game, can i polish my resume? Considering i've had one previous job i quit after three days and only a freshman on the track to a BS in CS it's not very impressive at the moment.

Also, no email back from her asking for a resume though, and i have no idea about business etiquette so i just addressed her as Ms. Goldstein in my reply XP Also, she didn't ask me about how i solved it.


Oh yea, and my theory about the old man, I suck at names so ya..

He left the crossword as a clue to Nate, Basically saying that his death was faked, a dissapearance he staged because he was in danger of some kind, likely something to do with his theory of holograms and he was trying to warn his succesor, or it might have been a kidnapping maybe Holomove isn't as happy as it seems, Eliza could very well be a plant to keep tabs on Nate, going to work and immediately finding a girl you could easily crush on? too sitcommy for me...but yea, i'm paranoid.

On an unrelated note, maybe this is for yellow book I was watching TV earlier *gasp* a rare occurance, and they used holograms in one of their commercials *Grins*

[OwnD]

Sorry if I haven't got a clue how to help with the email thing, but I was looking through Nate's blog, and I noticed that he said that he played Call of Duty 4 on a post here.

I assume he's playing an Xbox 360, since the majority of CoD4 players play on XB. I personally don't have an Xbox (I have PS3 ), but perhaps if someone were email him or something and suggest that he noticed the blog and was looking for someone to play (or whatever pops into your head), we might be able to establish contact that way.

If it works, we could establish a connection with him that would not go through his company, a way to talk to him while he is at home (or something). It just seems that it would be "safer" to contact him on his down time.

I think that attempting to connect with him in as many ways as possible would definitely be to our advantage...

[chinga]

Re: strange code in e-mail

[Darren Knight]

Yeah, why dont you either check or copy and paste the email you sent her so we can check.

[konamouse]

Re: strange code in e-mail