You know what? Designers <i>and</i> programmers need to get over their (our) smugness. This type of "oh god we're so smart and oh god you are <i>sooo</i> dumb" thing helps nobody.<p>Out of curiosity, how do I hire a designer? How much does it cost? Where do I go? Who do I ask?<p>Is there any question as to the source of ignorance when clients are coming to designers to do work? I don't think I've ever seen a post with something like "so you're a lonely python hacker holed up in the back of a coffee shop staring into a shell...your website has functionality but looks like it was designed by the openbsd foundation? You want to hire a designer to make it look as good on the outside as it does on the inside? HERE IS HOW!"<p>Why have I seen so many posts talking about how completely ignorant and stupid the general population is, but not a single one trying to help them overcome this ignorance?<p>Sincerely,<p>Somebody who has absolutely no idea how to hire a designer even if he had the money to do so.
Were I a web designer, I'd be tempted by this job posting.<p>Is a bit of cynicism and humor really that awful? I thought the last paragraph gave a very clear idea of the sort of person they're looking for.
This was posted previously, then subsequently became dead:<p><a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1917989" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1917989</a>
Dunno if it's intended as one, but this would probably work very nicely as a honeypot for recruiters that spam resumes to every job posting on the web.<p>Just auto-ignore anybody who also emails the address in that posting.