Unexpected Truths

I was in an interview today (update: not for a job for me, I was interviewing them to do a job for AOL), talking to a design and development shop (who will remain nameless) about their work and other assorted web-nerdery (flash vs. html, accessibility, localization, etc) when I asked them about the different DOCTYPES they use and why they didn’t just pick one and stick with it. Here’s how the conversation went.

  • Creative Director: Yeah, we pick based on client needs and stuff… We’re pretty anal about standards and stuff. We’re geeks, and you know, geeks love anal.
  • Me: That’s going on a t-shirt.

He didn’t get it right away, which is probably a good thing. I wish every interview went that well.

By Kevin Lawver

Web developer, Software Engineer @ Gusto, Co-founder @ TechSAV, husband, father, aspiring social capitalist and troublemaker.

4 comments

  1. cindy says:

    Um… does this mean you need help designing the shirt?

  2. M-D says:

    You realize that you’ll have to WEAR said shirt at SXSW next year, or I’ll lose all respect for you, right? =)

  3. Jen says:

    Ha! So much safer than that other shirt you dared me to wear.

  4. “DOCTYPE buttsex: Geeks love teh anal”

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