Then an idea came to her: Why not make him stand out by starting a Web site devoted to helping him find a job? She used her tax refund to buy a MacBook, which came with a Web site building feature. A few days later, myhusbandneedsajob.com was born.

The woman was tired of seeing her husband come home without any prospects of being hired, so this was a great way of putting her husband on the map. He’s getting calls from employers and people with similar situations, and it seems that this site is successful.

But from above, what scares me about the couple is the the fact that she went out and bought this:

macbooks

In order to make a simple website?

Myhusbandneedsajob.com

If I was an employer, I would have to seriously ask Mike Stearns ( the unemployed husband ) if he had something to do with the development of the site. This is a guy who, on his resume, has been in management of internet applications.

What that website is telling me is that, out of the hundreds of thousands of free webpage designing programs on the internet, and countless more that can be put to use on any computer made after 2001, that his wife decided to buy a luxury item to make a 5-page html website?

This shows two very huge red alarms: One, which isn’t that important, but could suggest something about their cuminulaitve skills, is that the wife grossly overpaid and made poor decisions with their money. This shows that ( I am sorry to be mean but this has to be said ) she isn’t computer/internet savvy. She probably has an amazing job, but I would think twice if ever to hire her for an internet company.

Two: the husband was compliant in all of these decisions, and shows that he doesn’t know much about web development. The word “web development” I am using loosely because they could’ve made that exact site, or even a better one, for free or in the library.
It scares me that these two people are afraid of their loss of wealth and job prospects, but their means of getting attention required buying an expensive computer that was overkill for what they set out to do. The only reason I include “they” is because Mike is also holding a sign up on the website, as well as a Q&A section about his job prospects. It seems that he was complicit in the design of the site.

Kudos, A+, for the amount of marketing buzz and attention they have gotten. But, the world is increasingly looking for people who are skilled at working the internet. It is not like many employers are asking to build the next Facebook, or coordinate a marketing project with a program that integrates into chat functions, but how does someone with his background not understand that you don’t need a Macbook to create an html site?

Am I wrong for thinking that is a little off? Please, bite my head off if you need to. I just think that they wasted a lot of money, and they are lacking certain skills that I felt are needed considering his former positions.

If the wife was the sole creator, and he ha nothing to do with the site, then it makes some sense. But I need a job too. I wouldn’t dare think for a 2nd that somehow I needed a 64-bit Athlon processor core to pump up Microsoft Publisher.