Dear Brad, Your problem is too much experiences not the lack of skills.
I am in the same situation...it is very frustating. Regards, Bernard On Monday 23 February 2004 11:14, Brad Eacker wrote: > Donny Simonton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >But as a manager, the first thing I do is ask for code examples, as well > > as table structures. I don't even need to see a resume once I look at > > somebody's code and table structures. > > Unfortunately I will have to disagree with you on this one. Having > been searching for solid employment for the last year, I'm finding that the > managers seek only to place someone who has done the exact job they are > trying to fill. And this is with 22 years of relevant experience on my > part. 8 years of web-back integration, 13 years inside the unix kernel, > coupled with 9 years of RDBMS experience don't seem to hold much weight > anymore. > > You mention examples, I have a pair I use having fully developed both > sets > > http://www.misc.com/costumes/Dickens_0312/index.php > http://66.134.203.2/~beacker/genbank/gbf_extract.cgi?LOCUS=AF158101 > > The first being a photographic PHP based mechanism that I use in at least > a dozen pages without change. The second being a 30 million record data > set I utilize for selecting GenBank info. I'm finding it very frustrating > that my knowledge and capabilities are not found to be compelling. I have > utilized C for over 21 years, and perl for 20 years. Yet these don't > appear to be enough to get a position in Silicon Valley. > > Brad Eacker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
