There’s been a lot of discussion on various programming blogs about the fact that a huge number of of applicants for programming jobs are so completely helpless at their chosen careers that they are either unaware of or do not understand the modulo operator. A simple test has been proposed to weed out these folks during the interview process. But frankly if they get that far they’ve already wasted my time. I’d much rather have a test which finds the good programmers than one which excludes the incompetents.
And I think I have one. Programming is something you either enjoy or you don’t. There are people who program because they find it interesting an intellectually challenging, and people who program because it pays better than running bait and switch schemes at Best Buy. The former are the ones who read up on additional programming languages at night, and they’re the ones I want to hire.
So if you live in the central Ohio area and know Haskell, I’d like to talk to you about working for my company. We don’t actually do any Haskell development, mind you, but let’s face facts: It’s not like you’re going to find any paying employment writing Haskell anyway, and I’ll at least (sincerely!) respect your interests. 
I’m actually serious about this: Are you a central Ohio resident who can converse intelligently about Haskell and is looking for a great place to work? Send your resume to careers underscore delphi at vertexsoftware dot com along with a cover letter which says in a paragraph or so what your programming interests are.
Heck, Erlang would do, too.
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