SCO is getting desperate...

SCO is getting desperate...

Posted May 29, 2003 12:43 UTC (Thu) by erat (guest, #21)
In reply to: SCO is getting desperate... by rknop
Parent article: The SCO case gets weirder

Oh, please...

I used to work at SCO. I don't say "SCO Group" on my resume because the name "SCO Group" has not been approved by shareholders yet (the name is still officially "Caldera International"). Regardless, even if the name is officially changed to SCO Group I wouldn't knock those years of experience off of my resume just because of philosophical issues with SCO's upper management, nor would I change "Caldera International" to "SCO Group" just to put a "feather" in my IP cap (do you honestly think potential employers will look at a resume and say "Hey, you used to work for SCO! They sue over IP issues! You're hired!!"? I don't think so).

And consider this: many of SCO's employees started working at SCO when they graduated from college 15+ years ago. What do you propose people do when 100% of their work experience since college was at SCO? Pretend they just graduated?

You have a right to decide what goes on your resume, and I'm not the kind of person who tells folks what they should or should not do, so whatever. I will say, though, that witholding information from a resume is the same as witholding vital maintenance information for your car (like the re-setting of an odometer) when you go to sell it. It's a lie, and if I were a potential employer I wouldn't hire anyone who I caught lying on a resume.

Just my 2 shares of VA Software stock...

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