One other point - M@ has a way with just slamming a point right between the eyes, and that's why we deported him to the UK, that and he's just having way to much fun there - is to *buddy up.*
Don't do this alone, find your local CFUG and get them to help you, as in the end they'll gain a storm trooper in the CF Battles :) and if the CFUG ditches you, well that's just bloody poor form (highly doubt that will ever happen). There is never a bad developer, just bad teachers and/or students with bad attitudes :) eheh On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 7:24 PM, M@ Bourke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >when I was first interviewed some two years ago by Gruden, > MX had only just come out, > > this is why you shouldn't post so much on a public mailing list, MX has > been around now for about 7 years (or at least the beta??) not 2. > I agree totally with what Scott said. > Also look at it this way, people from all these companies you mentioned > are on this list. > now if I was a competitor with say Gruden for example and I wanted to have > a better team of Ninja's I wouldn't look at these posts and go "well gruden > don't want him maybe we should take him", its not logical. > if you sound to desperate it will sound like something is wrong with your > skill set/references that your not mentioning. just let people know your > looking for a job and leave it at that. > spend less time whinging and more time gaining new skills. > most frame works out there you can brush up on in an hour. > spend some time getting a basic grasp of the top 4 frameworks. > > when a new version of CF comes out (preferably in the beta stage) grab a > copy and in your own time (don't expect to only work when you employer is > paying you, your employer won't be in your next job interview) build a > little personal project for yourself that only you will ever see but uses > every single tag and function so that way ya know exactly what is there and > what they do etc. > > Hope those tips help, just remember this is a public list, odds are in > your next interview the person sitting across from you has read this list > etc. > > "There would need to > be fairly exceptional circumstances for us to consider such a > candidate." > > why not write back (politely) and say "hi, that was 2 years ago, since > then I've become a super ninja and have solidly been OO'ing and using XYZ > frameworks etc etc." > and if you haven't take it as friendly advice from them and get cracking > improving on your weaknesses, that's the fun thing about this industry, > finding out your weaknesses and improving on them then reaping the rewards. > > best of luck > M@ > > > > > -- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.mossyblog.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
