Guys,<p>Not sure how it got picked up, but i don't think it's a creppy stalking of my profile...in fact i am flattered. Thank you for your feedback.<p>Couple of things that I think is worth adding here:<p>1. This article was the first article i ever wrote for Oxford Knight 2 years ago. The date refresh on our website is wrong. My intention was to give something back to the community I serve, and also learn from feedback. Some of it does look like I am stating the obvious, but at the time it wasn’t obvious to everyone. Furthermore, recruitment isn’t designed to be open-source. It’s all about protecting IP at the lowest level, so to open up even a little bit is a big step for us/recruiters….i hope some of you guys can appreciate that .<p>2. The article was written looking at how I used to recruit in 2006. Shallow, buzz word chasing, educational profile chasing etc. I like to think I’ve evolved a bit since 2006, but do understand I still have a lot to learn an certainly won’t let my non-technical background get in the way.<p>3. If you guys are interested in seeing some of my more recent stuff I’ve written, it maybe worth jumping on to my quora profile where I write more actively about the technology trends in london….Quora (Abdul-Muhit).<p>4. Finally, I do feel the pain of how recruitment operates now. Changing a £4 billion industry is not easy, and no technical innovation is going to make a sector of that size disappear anytime soon. I founded Oxford Knight with the view of creating a legacy not a transaction service business. For a boy that was raised by a single mother on benefits I have all the little things I need now! For me it’s all about creating a legacy….something built to last. Therefore, if we have upset anyone of you guys with below par service then please do feel free to email directly, and I promise I will do my upmost to fix it.<p>Best,
Abdul co-founder of Oxford Knight
"Finally, whilst I have never coded, because Clojure/Scala is on the JVM it’s very easy to pick up for a good Java developer."<p>I guess it's another recruiter wondering why he gets no respect from the cattle he handles...
Who would design such a Web site (I'm trying to read it with Chrome so I'm not sure if it's a rendering issue specific to Chrome). What could be the purpose of squishing the content in the middle of a useless left column and gigantic, always-visible feedback form?
Is this the latest tactic of aggressive technical recruiters?<p>Interesting though this article is, forgive me for calling out Oxford Knight here. For those not in the know they are just a recruitment company. One of those that are a constant hassle on LinkedIn. It seems telling them multiple times that I am not interested in a job in finance does not stem the flow of "Forgive me, you must get this all the time, but..." connection requests and InMails, or creepy profile views.
"One major American bank is pushing a JVM based language that supports functional programming (Scala) as a firm-wide technology. Another two major banks are using Clojure for both real-time risk and pricing, and risk reporting."<p>Any ideas which banks?