Subj : Re: Software Job Market Myths
To   : comp.software-eng,comp.programming
From : Chris Hills
Date : Wed Aug 24 2005 01:12 pm

In article <rOdGr40LMPU3-pn2-yGLjS0kUbV3K@localhost>, David
<FlyLikeAnEagle@United.Com> writes
>On Mon, 22 Aug 2005 20:38:51 UTC, Chris Hills <chris@phaedsys.org> wrote:
>
>> In article <KmnOe.388$u_6.375@newssvr17.news.prodigy.com>, Phlip
>> <phlipcpp@yahoo.com> writes
>> >Duane Bozarth wrote:
>> >
>> >> I (again) suggest you go to the public library and look into the section
>> >> there that has job-hunting information including "how to write a resume"
>> >> books/guides. Local community colleges are good sources as well.  Find a
>> >> few of their examples and recast yours to at least <look> like some of
>> >> them.
>> >
>> >Including the book leading that field, /What Color is Your Parachute/, which 
>> >I have repeatedly suggested and repeatedly been ignored.
>> >
>> >Talk about self-sabotage!
>> >
>> 
>> The passengers on the Titanic *KNEW* they did not need lifeboats. 
>
>  ...at what point?  They might have changed their minds after the
>journey began.

exactly. 

>  While we can make mistakes that are uncorrectable later, many are not
>so restrictive.  I would think that after a while one would explore why
>they are not receiving the career opportunities they think they deserve.
>Sometimes we need to change the message we are broadcasting.  This is
>especially true when the image we perceive is not what others see.
>
>  David


I fear you are preaching to the choir and the person who needs to take
note KNOWS you are wrong about him. 


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