On Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 09:08:05AM -0500, BN wrote: > >I saw one that wanted 5 years of .NET experience. Also, back in 1999, >there was a posting that wanted 7 years of Java experience. Sounds like a broken HR department if you ask me. Call them about the job and inform them that thier requirements are not likely to be met because the skill they require didn't exist 5 years ago. It's be interesting to know how they reacted when recieving that little nugget of information. Also I can't stress enough the importance of "Networking" when looking for work. (No not IP networking, people networking) It's important for us dorks to get out, get some sunlight once in a while and get to know some people, at some point if you're mingling in the right circles and can sell yourself you'll get lucky. I can assure you that staying indoors and not going to LUG meetings, trade shows etc is not going to net you many offers. In fact, I got my current job by introducing myself to the sistina founder at a LUG meeting and asked him to keep me in mind for a sysadmin job. -- Ben Lutgens | http://people.sistina.com/~blutgens/ System Administrator | http://www.sistina.com/ Sistina Software Inc. | "If you love something set it free, if it doesn't come back to you hunt it down and set it on fire" -- George Carlin -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 232 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20020724/558defa5/attachment.pgp