Subj : Re: CV, work-history, 91C, CompSci?, Applet? (was: Software Job Ma...) To : comp.programming,comp.software-eng From : David Lightstone Date : Fri Sep 09 2005 03:40 pm "Chris Hills" wrote in message news:nMl7gLB0OZIDFATK@phaedsys.demon.co.uk... > In article <1126271815.642085.307290@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>, > scott frye writes >>> writing computer software. If this horrible >>>recession ever ends, maybe somebody can help me find a paying job. >> >>It is clear from this thread that Mr. Maas is more interested in >>finding justifications for why he has failed to get a job in the last >>ten years, instead of analyzing what he can change in himself to help >>get a job. >> >>There are two reasons why someone might not be able to get a job for 10 >>years. >> >>1.) A long string of bad luck combined with all valid attempts to get a >>job being thwarted by people working hard to interfere with that >>person's attempts. >>2.) There is something the person isn't doing. Something that most of >>the other people in his industry are doing to get a job. >> >>I would suggest that Mr. Maas has been assuming his problem is #1 for >>the last ten years. After 10 years, the probability of this being the >>case is vanishingly small. It is time that Mr. Maas accept that #2 is >>the most likely case and it is time to start identifying what he is >>doing wrong and correct those things. > > That is what I think we have all been trying to say by offering advice > on things he could do to improve his chances. Rather than preach to the choir, give it a rest. .