Re: [OT] Job hunting
Re: [OT] Job hunting
- Subject: Re: [OT] Job hunting
- From: Todd Blanchard <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 03:45:24 -0800
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That is about the worst advice I've ever heard.
I have never and will never code for and or support windows. There's
plenty of unix work around if you look a bit. Windows should be left
to die, its already collapsing under its own weight.
You can always find Java web work. It sucks but its usually on unix.
In fact, practically anything web based is unix. If I were looking to
expand my skill set, I'd be studying javascript, css, and dhtml as the
newer richer web apps are becoming all the rage and there aren't enough
people who can do rich web clients around.
On Mar 22, 2005, at 4:22 AM, Adam Hall wrote:
My advice is to broaden your skills and be able to move anywhere in
the country . Being a student that may be impossible, and you may need
to finish your degree first, or see about getting a degree online so
you can move permanent without losing sight of finishing school. You
also need to have more Windows experience. I mean, unless your going
to start your own company and write a product for the Mac that will
sell enough to make a living (rare), your going to have to work for
someone else, which may mean *some* sacrifice. Its nice to be picky,
but in many ways you have to sort of earn that, and many times its by
years of experience professionally or a unique entrepreneurial talent
that allows you to be successful, all without any professional
experience right out of the gate. Sorry, I don't mean to sound like a
hard ass or anything, I was an OS/2 fanatic 10 years ago , and when it
came to finding jobs and an income, I had to face the cold hard
reality that I was working on a fringe platform. Others may be more
successful, but I would suggest that they are the exception. You NEED
more Windows and C++ experience and or Java to earn a living in IT as
a programmer in MOST cases. Just the opinion of someone who has tried
to stay exclusive to a narrow set of technologies and learned that the
rest of the world was out there doing a different thing :-). If anyone
else has experience otherwise, I would love to hear it, as I always
find it inspirational to see the success of others, such as the recent
success of Delicious Monster etc.
-Adam
On Mar 21, 2005, at 9:59 PM, Erik Hanson wrote:
On Mar 21, 2005, at 5:37 AM, Kevin Ballard wrote:
I am a college student (CS major) who is currently taking a year
off from school (starting this past January). I am looking for a
job, and so far have been unable to find one. I am a Mac software
developer with experience in Obj-C/Cocoa. My résumé is online at
<http://www.tildesoft.com/Resume.html>
You might want to try the Mac Dev Jobs mailing list:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mac-dev-jobs/
Erik Hanson
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