A friend of mine is looking for a new software development job. He pointed me to some openings in New York City's tech department. I actually think it would be interesting to work for the city for a while.

Here is a blurb from a job description for a software developer:

"NOTE: The following types of experience are NOT acceptable; superficial use of preprogrammed software without complex programming, design, implementation, or management of the product; use of word processing packages; use of a hand held calculator; primarily the entering or updating of data in a system; the operation of data processing hardware or consoles."

I wonder how many people interviewed for a development position armed with an HP pocket calculator?