Comment Re:oh boy! (Score 1) 253
From my experience, the boneheads were almost exclusively in the HR agencies.
About a year ago, in my previous job, I was recruiting for some Linux Kernel/Drivers/Embedded C (with a bit of C++) people. I was dealing with some of these boneheads but I made sure I had a very good, strongly-worded chat with them to explain the types of candidates I was looking for, making it absolutely clear that I needed people who were proficient in C, not just C++.
The reply that took the biscuit was, "To be honest, you'd be better off looking for C# programmers."