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title: "Sign of the times"
url: https://campbell-online.com/blog/2006/05/17/sign-of-the-times/
description: "Recent e-mail thread, names redacted and text lightly edited to protect the innocent and/or guilty: from: to: Barry Hi Barry, I am looking for an information architect."
published: 2006-05-17
updated: 2006-05-17
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# Sign of the times

Published 2006-05-17

May 17, 2006 · [Knowledge work](https://campbell-online.com/blog/category/knowledge-work/)

Recent e-mail thread, names redacted and text lightly edited to protect the innocent and/or guilty:

> from:
>  to: Barry
>
> Hi Barry,
>
> I am looking for an information architect for [gigantic investment bank] in NYC. Please e-mail me your resume and hrly rate and I will get back to you. XML and investment banking are a must.
>
> ****
>
> from: Barry
>  to:
>  bcc: friendandcolleague
>
> Hi [Recruiter],
>
> I’m off the market now, but I will pass this requirement on to friends who might be looking.
>
> - bc
>
> *****
>
> from: friendandcolleague
>  to: Barry
>
> i will pass it along
>
> man it’s getting hot out there
>
> :)
>
> *****
>
> from: Barry
>  to: friendandcolleague
>
> Hot enough to make me worry about another tech bubble, actually.
>
> - bc
>
> *****
>
> from: friendandcolleague
>  to: Barry
>
> oh man
>
> here are two agenda items i saw on a whiteboard in a room i was in for a meeting
>
> “new paradigms”
>  “reinvention”
>
> nda: sign here please
>
> *****
>
> from: Barry
>  to: friendandcolleague
>
> Yes. It’s time to break out the Bullshit Bingo board again.
>
> [http://www.bullshitbingo.net/cards/bullshit/](http://www.bullshitbingo.net/cards/bullshit/)
>
> *****
>
> from: friendandcolleague
>  to: Barry
>
> see also [http://www.dack.com/web/bullshit.html](http://www.dack.com/web/bullshit.html)

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