Joel on software has it pegged - there are only a few ways to hire great people - and going thru resumes in response to a huge board posting is not one of them.  And my company is always hiring great people.  And since its a natural question many have sent - why the anonymous blog?  Well, the viel lifts a little ....

First, I think about the really great developers I have hired - many "community referrals" - great nerds attract each other - that covers about half of them.  One other was a referral from a great prof I had getting my Masters at Ga State (clue #1).  Another was a resume from a post we did at Auburn (Clue #2) - - and many others were right out of college or co-ops and interns with my company - go to the mountain.

We had a great hire from a recruiter - he left in one year.  Cause people that had been here 10 years were treated better.  But I may be simplifiying things....

Joel was right.

Why the anonymous blog?  First, it slows the solictications down (folks selling me copiers, phones, paper, desks, staff - none of which I need from these sources, much less the aggravation.  Stock brokers and recruiters - thank you I am well taken care of already - I have family members on both.)  Second, the mega-corporation that bought our little company  a few years back has an unclear blog policy. (By unclear, I mean over 40 legal pages.  really unclear).  Call me a wuss.  And a distant third, I am not using this blog to troll traffic to our company or its website, so it gains another hundredth of a percent of validity.

But - -  I can always use more great programmers - so feel free to send a "comment" to this website which won't get posted (they are moderated, by me) and I can email you, if you are interested.

More details if you might be interested:
Software company that has been around more than 30 years.
Headquartered in Atlanta, software groups in Houston and Atlanta.
Benefits - you get to work with some of the brightest people on the planet. 
Like Folks from the java posse

I don't want tired, "I know THIS syntax" folks.  (Notice no syntax is listed?  How many of you are using the same language and dev tools for more than 3 years?).  I don't want "cherry picking - give me a raise" folks either.

If you really want to work on massive scale software systems, and J2EE development, then maybe this is a good place for you.

You must be smart, and have a good work ethic.  We can prop you up to the firehose and teach you the rest.