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title: "Web Designer/Graphic Artist/Receptionist"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/11/12/web-designergraphic-artistreceptionist.md"
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published: "2003-11-12T21:17:00"
updated: "2003-11-12T21:17:00"
tags: ["Off Topic"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "It really hurts when you're reading the paper and find a job listing such as this: Web Designer/Graphic Artist/Receptionist [Name removed to protect the idiotic] has an exciting opportunity in the south Charlotte, NC…"
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# Web Designer/Graphic Artist/Receptionist

By Roy Osherove November 12, 2003 In [Off Topic](https://osherove.com/blog/category/off-topic)

**Historical article** · Originally published November 12, 2003; technical details may be outdated.

It really hurts when you're reading the paper and find a job listing such as this:

_**Web Designer/Graphic Artist/Receptionist
**
\[Name removed to protect the idiotic\] has an exciting opportunity in the south Charlotte, NC area for an individual that loves to wear many hats!
This unique position requires someone that has a great personality and a creative flare! ..._

\[via [Sirsha](http://hdconsultants.us/posts/255.aspx)\]

I'm reminded of one of the places I worked in. It was a startup. Some of the C++ devs actually had to fill in for the secretary if she was sick, taking the day of, or creating presentations on the boss's laptop. If I remember correctly, one of the C++ devs was also forced into designing the company “site” using Frontpage (he had no web experience). Ah. Good times.

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## About the author

**Roy Osherove**: Senior Solutions Architect at AWS working on AI for production and AI-driven development; author of The Art of Unit Testing and Elastic Leadership, with about 20 years of consulting and training on unit testing, TDD, team leadership and continuous delivery.

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