hi! thanks for the suggestion. that is pretty much what i had decided to do ie write something and try and market it. however i'd beg to differ on the weather. i dont think cold, grey, wet, clammy, uncertain weather qualifies as good weather esp compared to the sunny predictable weather down here.
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > ajay, > > The best way to demonstrate you skills is to look for an idea and write > something and sell it, you end up as your own boss and you gain the > experience. > > You seem to think the no-experience vs employeers want experience issue is > new, but it was the same 15 years or so ago when I started out. You can > sit around and frett about it or just get on with it yourself. > > If you want to work for someone else, that is fine, you just need to > work hard and you'll do fine, there are so many lazy programmers out in > the market these days that there is a shortage of dedicated professional > graduates. > > Thirdly, move down to Melbourne, the weather is nicer down here:) > > Chris > > On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, ajay wrote: > > > when: 2004 > > where: sydney > > citizenship: australian > > > > the problem though is that most people here thesedays want some level of > > experience before they are willing to hire you, the trend is a lot towards > > contract/temp jobs. > > the problem ofcourse is where to get that elusive experience, and uni > project > > experience doesn't count for anything. > > so you have this cycle where you are looking to get some experience and > most > > companies want only experienced personnel. > > and when it comes to tax i believe australia has one of the world's highest > tax > > rate, and sydney is way too pricey. > > > > but what i would like to know is whats the scenario outside, like int he > > states, singapore, UK etc. is there a good demand for qualified but > > inexperienced IT graduates. would a move abroad be good? > > > > > > Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > > > Jiin-Her hits the nail on the head > > > I certainly wouldn't want to make 50K while living in Boston or New > York > > > City... > > > Here's the cost of living for Herndon VA > > > > http://realestate.yahoo.com/re/neighborhood/search.html?sa=&c=Herndon&s=VA&z= > > > > > > Cost of living (taxes, expenses, insurance, etc...) can change from town > > > to town even. As the add says you need to move to Herndon VA to live on > > > that 50K. ;) > > > > > > -R^3 > > > > > > On Wed, 4 Feb 2004, Jiin-Her Lu wrote: > > > > > > > Depends on when, where, and what is your citizenship. It can be up to > $ > > > 85000+ in US. > > > > > > > > Jiin-Her Lu > > > > (816) 926-2145 > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > ajay > > --------------- > > Who Dares Wins > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > > This mail sent through IMP: www-mail.usyd.edu.au > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- ajay --------------- Who Dares Wins ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: www-mail.usyd.edu.au --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
