C#? With two pound signs?
It's on so many of these programming résumés we're getting -- from random people -- listed as a qualification.
Any ideas what these folks are talking about? Is this convention an accidental holdover from C++, or something?
EDIT/ANSWER: Turns out the corporate résumé management system converts the "C#" that applicants specify to "C##". That is just fantastic.
Looks like a recruiter who doesn't know what he is talking about is trying to impress you.
If it's on "so many" I'm willing to bet that the candidates don't know what they are talking about. Similarly, I have seen 'C+' listed as a language as well.
It's not uncommon for people to list as many languages on their resume as they can, because the Bad Ones think that even knowing the name of the language gives them a foot ahead of someone who doesn't. This is obviously a flaw in logic.
I can't remember exactly where I heard this story before (someone's blog, maybe someone will remember) but the exact situation is described. A candidate comes in with a resume listing all of these languages. As the interviewer asks the candidate to demonstrate their knowledge of the language by writing some code, the candidate freezes. When the interviewer asks why, the candidate responds with "I didn't say I knew how to write in those languages, just that I know of them!"
That résumé speaks for itself - little attention to detail. Not good for a programmer...
I received a resume before has this line in the list of experiences
C \ C+ \ C++ \ C#
:)