No sympathy from me; I have quite a bit of coding experience and you guys didn't even send a "thanks, but no thanks" message when I submitted my resume last year. My theory is I pissed off Erik at GenCon. ;-)I don't know what Gary's take is on followup to non-qualifying applicants, but I can tell you that two of the primary reasons for an immediate rejection are a statement of unwillingness to relocate or a stated salary requirement that's more than our CEO makes.
That said, there is the possibility that your e-mail hit a spam filter...
What, because of the midget porn? You guys are totally picky. Besides, my 4E ways would be blasphemous!
Seriously though, I doubt that I got spam filtered; I figured for whatever reason I just wasn't a good fit. On the other hand, you have been looking for a programmer (in Seattle of all places) for something like 18 months now, and given my background (and Paizo's relatively small size) I at least expected a "no thanks." No biggie either way.
I love you guys to pieces, and understand how busy you all are, but just wanted to follow up on Bugleyman's suggestion that some sort of response, even a trivial form letter, is better than dead air. I know how buried under the workload you all are, though, so I chalked up the nonresponse to that, rather than my poor social skills and habit of carrying a decayed wheel of gorgonzola with me wherever I go. I do have some pride. It's twisted and misplaced, but pride, nonetheless.
:-)