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Landing a "Regular Job"?
sfe_software asks: "I'm an out-of-work programmer and systems administrator. I've reached a point where I have to find a job - any job - and I am finding this quite difficult. I'm apparently 'over-qualified' for everything from flipping burgers to fixing PCs at the local CompUSA. Noone wants to hire you at $6-$12/hour when you were making $45-$75/hour on previous jobs, yet, I'm not finding the high-paying work any more and need *something*. As a contractor, I've always kept a savings, but at this point that river is quickly running dry. What are other out-of-work techies doing? How do you convince a hiring manager that you aren't simply using them as a temporary stepping stone (even if this is true)?"
"I ain't gonna have no more babies if the gobenment ain't gonna give me no more subsidy" Liqueesha Johnson
Holy shit, that's incredibly offensive.
Have you ever even met someone receiving government assistance? Or are you just another of the Randroid motherfuckers who seem to frequent Slashdot, speaking from a position of privelege mom and dad earned once upon a time?
Just curious.
--saint