09-30-08, 10:47
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vaguely human
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: London
Posts: 2,519
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Originally Posted by blindman
The resume will pass through the hands of several people, only one of whom needs to say "Chess? Chess players are a$$holes!", and my application stops there.
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I get your point but I think it goes both ways. I got a job a few years back with an asset management firm simply because of the chess entry! The IT head was a ranked at master level and desperately wanted someone to have a decent game with. The fact I could do the job came in a distant 2nd in this particular case 
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