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* Must be proficient in use of mistletoe in unspecified rituals.

* Must provide own sickle, and robes.

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I’m waiting for the “Head of Skull Rock[1]” position.

[1]: https://www.nps.gov/jotr/learn/nature/skull-rock-trail.htm

Their senior solution architect vacancy has similar pay: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/our-people/careers...

Somewhat less eminent job title though.

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RE Your predecessor

No one knows who he was, or what he was doing.

But his legacy remains hewn in the HR dock of Stonehenge.

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"From £64,189 p.a. depending on skills and experience"

I maintained a collection of well organized rocks as a child. Surely that gets me a bit more than base pay right?

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Stonehenge! Stonehenge! Lots of stones in a row! (chor)

...

And they moved it (Stonehenge!)

And they dragged it (Stonehenge!)

And they rolled it 46 miles from Waleeees! - Heeey (46 miles from Wales! )

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klJhWr_FTaE

Building a henge, are we?
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Man, how awesome would that job be?
I was slightly disappointed when I first visited Stonehenge as the standard tours keep you fairly far away and roped off.

But, I took a modestly more expensive "Inner Stones" tour a few months ago and lucked out being selected to be fully alone for a minute. It was a profound experience being in the middle of such a historic place.

Highly, highly recommended!

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Damnit. No WFH option.
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I would have thought you'd need to be a druid
Ask one of the Ylvis brothers
Does this seem like a Netflix show to anyone else?
Experience?

I'm the head of pebble hedge!

Due to a typo in the paperwork sent to HR by the hiring manager, they are only paying 64,189 pence. The director was last heard chastising HR, saying "It's not your job to be as confused as Nigel."
In the fall of 2023 I tried to visit Stonehenge. We arrived at 15:15 local time.

I was riding in the passenger seat.

There was a male and female police officer standing at the side of the road, beside a "Road Closed" sign blocking the entrance.

The male police officer came to my window and started yelling in my face:

"We are closed!! Come back another day!!!"

I knew it would be pointless to argue with this a-hole and there was no other day in my schedule that we could come back. So we left and never got to see it.

Do these old rocks get tired at three in the afternoon or what?

I'll be sending this Head of Stonehenge an email about the experiance...

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Better than Head of Easter Island.
Next up: Forward Deployed Wizard
"If I get the role, what will my budget for repairs be?"
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really wish i keot my british passport
i know quite a few dev ops and frontend guys who were employed for last 4 years and are now driving taxi in india.
"Job type Permanent"

I bet they enjoyed typing that in.

"5,000 years+ -- depends on you"

Might be another option if it were freeform text

I caught a live stream of Stonehenge during this past Winter Solstice (it was cloudy, naturally) and the streamer provided a bit of trivia that I hadn't heard before:

George Washington's English ancestors, specifically Sir Lawrence Washington, were the owners of the West Amesbury Estate in Wiltshire, England, which included the land where the ancient Stonehenge monument sits. (Via Google)

If you hadn't that before, welcome to the "Huh, that's a funny coincidence" club.

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Honestly feels like a dream job. Imagine your ancestors smiling down on you if you are from Britain or just human.
Considering the location, I would imagine that the ancestors prefer to haunt the barrows at night. Still a dream job if that's your thing. Just watch out for the occasional Nazgûl. :)
Or Nigel. No one knows who they were or what they were doing...
On the front page? LLMs got lots of us programmers dreaming of leaving the profession, I suppose.
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Missed opportunity to say they’re ‘looking for a rock star to lead our team!’
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Sounds like a very cool job, and not sure about the UK job market, but seems to be wildly underpaid for the qualifications!
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36 hours per week. 25 days vacation (going to 28). Pension contributions. You can buy extra leave. Epic location, fun job, decent salary for the UK (where e.g. you don't pay for healthcare)...
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What's your role?

I'm a CSO.

Oh nice, Strategy or Security?

Stonehenge.

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Stonehenge would be a great AI Lab name!