As if I needed more indication that I am surrounded by amateurs. This morning I received 2 CVs over email from people who are computer scientists and seemed to be looking for work. I am not looking for a computer scientist, so I wrote to the lovely MC asking her if she knows why this would be happening, if perhaps we had advertised our need for a web re-design and these people were deluded, or what. She said "no, I haven't heard about any searches for new IT guys for the department, but maybe these people are reading Your mind heh heh!" Clever, that MC chick. So anyway, I forget about it, and then this evening I get another CV plus a letter. So I read it. And I find out that the Main Office of UW is looking for a computer systems administrator. Which is fantastic. So I do a search on the UW website and there is, indeed, an ad for a computer systems administrator. But no email address is indicated, only a snailmail address for candidates. So I go to the most popular daily newspaper website and do a search for "computer systems administrator". The first ad that appears is the ad from UW, which very clearly states that CVs should be sent to the Main Office of the University. And just below that ad is my email address.