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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)?"
How do you convince a hiring manager that you aren't simply using them as a temporary stepping stone (even if this is true)?
Certainly not by admitting it on slashdot, Justin.
Too bad some of us are too out of shape to get into the military even if we wanted to.
o/~ i thought about the army.. o/~
(1) Change your first name to something suitable. For example: "Billy-Bob", "Little Paul", etc.
(2) Start buying your clothes at K-Mart "end of season sales". Color co-ordination and size matching need not apply.
(3) Marry someone you suspect, but not necessarily know, might be in the same bloodline as you. She should change her name to something like "Sue-Ann" or "Peggy-Sue".
(4) Acquire a 1979 Ford F-150. Place two armchairs in the flatbed for when ma and pa need a ride.
(5) Apply for job at K-Mart, gas filling station, fast food restaurant of your choice.
And, et voila! You too will have no trouble living close to the poverty line.
Need honest person to infiltrate telemarketing lair and mark all potential customers as "do not call". Must be able to find your own way out of a 3,000 square foot cubicle maze.