All my previous job searches were in the era before Monster, DICE, Hotjobs and all the rest. So take this with a grain of salt. You can accomplish the same thing by creating a directory structure and a todo-list.
I bought a plain old binder, punched notebook paper, a page that held floppies, and a set of dividers. Label Dividers "Todo", "Open", "Inactive", "Raw Materials".
Each company you're interested in gets a sheet of notebook paper. Glue the ad (or printed online job spec) on the paper. Use that paper to WRITE DOWN every action you take - when you applied, when they called or ding'ed you, etc.
If you need to take action, that company's packet goes in "TODO"; if you're waiting on them, it goes in "OPEN". If they've indicated they're not interested, it goes in "INACTIVE". If you run across a good article on cover letters, a new search site, or whatever, it goes in "Raw Materials".
Make a copy of everything you create on a set of floppies. Use those floppies as templates so you're not starting from scratch each time.
Quick hints:
Tailor your resume and cover letter for every job you apply for.
If you get an interview, walk in with a list of the 10 accommplishments in the last year. Tailor this list so the interviewer understands what you can do for him or her.
Submitting a resume is not a fire and forget action. You need to follow up with a phone call, email or other action. You need to Check back on a period basis until you get a response, or give up on that job.
RTFA - One example the lawyer gives is that is that having a real world value attached to the item may increase the game provider's liability. That is, if your Wand of Priapism is just a set of bits, and the server crashes and you loose it, well, too bad. But if you can show you could have sold the Wand, you may be able to convince a judge that the company owes you real money.
The corollary, of course, is that no one has yet found a better system. Sort of like Churchill's observation on democracy, that it's the worst method, except for all others.
It depends on how you define "most valuable patent". The article (ok, I broke a rule and RTFA) said it sold for $300M - a record for the health care industry. That kind of implies another industry might have had a larger sale. For a single patent, it's pretty important - most patents extend existing ideas, but aren't much good on their own.
Already done on the Netstumbler forums.
Personally, I like "You have been hacked fool!". Worst I've personally seen was an address (nnn Afton Valley Ct). Best was "LandOfChocolate". Check them out at Wigle.
In my neighborhood, I can count no less than 9 unprotected networks. Most of them are all on the default linksys channel of 6 with the default SSID of "linksys". That can sometimes make them difficult to use since they tend to interfere. Some of them are configured well enough to be usable but are still not protected.
Sadly, logging in with the default password and setting them to channels 1,6, and 11 is still illegal. Shouldn't there be a 'preventative hygiene' defense?
There's a big, big difference between designing a system that can do one thing well, and a system that can do many things well. Worst case with TiVO, it restarts itself and you wonder why a few minutes of your program didn't record. Worst case with Solaris, your system restarts and everyone wonders where eBay went:-0
So write the grant proposal to play up the educational aspects. Need diagnostic tools? Stress that they'll be used to keep student and teacher systems running, and also to teach students state of the art tools for keeping systems running. Same with infrastructure items - ask for two routers, and stress that one will be used to give students real-world, hands-on experience.
You've got to admire anyone who can come up with such gems as "HP-UX is on its way to Hewlett Packard's industry leading collection of dead architectures." Hilarious! Did he write that himself, or are The Register's scribes moonlighting again?
Seriously, leaders are supposed to lead. He's articulated his vision for the future, and he's rallying the troops to take them there. Good for him!
Sorry to burst your bubble, but referring to engineering programs as "codes" dates back at least to Fortran 66. It's still pretty common in the HPC world, and pretty much anywhere the focus is on getting engineering tasks done, and not on programming.
Someone who's been a consultant lately can give a better answer, but here's my back of the envelope numbers from way back when. Take the amount you'd like to make next year, say $75,000. Double it to account for your taxes, benefits you have to buy, paying for your own training and books, and any time off you want. Now divide that by the number of hours you expect to work, 1920 (240 days times 8 hours if you have a one year contract; if you expect to spend a few months looking, decrease the number). (150,000/2000) is about $75/hour. If you're working with an agency, tell them this is what you want them to pay you, not what the client pays. Also, always add a fudge factor of 10-20%. You need to build up a few months pay in a savings account.
Oh, so this is why you shouldn't routinely log in as root. It also proves the superiority of WINDOWS! WINDOWS doesn't have/etc,/bin, or/usr! Heck, they don't even use that "/" thingy. You just put all your stuff in that desktop icon labeled "Recycle Bin" in case you want to use it again.
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I bought a plain old binder, punched notebook paper, a page that held floppies, and a set of dividers. Label Dividers "Todo", "Open", "Inactive", "Raw Materials".
Each company you're interested in gets a sheet of notebook paper. Glue the ad (or printed online job spec) on the paper. Use that paper to WRITE DOWN every action you take - when you applied, when they called or ding'ed you, etc.
If you need to take action, that company's packet goes in "TODO"; if you're waiting on them, it goes in "OPEN". If they've indicated they're not interested, it goes in "INACTIVE". If you run across a good article on cover letters, a new search site, or whatever, it goes in "Raw Materials".
Make a copy of everything you create on a set of floppies. Use those floppies as templates so you're not starting from scratch each time.
RTFA - One example the lawyer gives is that is that having a real world value attached to the item may increase the game provider's liability. That is, if your Wand of Priapism is just a set of bits, and the server crashes and you loose it, well, too bad. But if you can show you could have sold the Wand, you may be able to convince a judge that the company owes you real money.
So fight back. Organize the other customers in a sing-along, or hold a wet t-shirt contest.
Excessive use of any computer tends to act as a contraceptive. Wait, why am I bothering to tell Slashdot readers that?
Sounds like it never did, if both the Irish and Indian government funding was crucial to ongoing operations.
The corollary, of course, is that no one has yet found a better system. Sort of like Churchill's observation on democracy, that it's the worst method, except for all others.
You must not be doing much tech support for relatives if you're not already drinking.
It depends on how you define "most valuable patent". The article (ok, I broke a rule and RTFA) said it sold for $300M - a record for the health care industry. That kind of implies another industry might have had a larger sale. For a single patent, it's pretty important - most patents extend existing ideas, but aren't much good on their own.
So the iPod costs more than the computer you buy to use it with? Dang, Steve is clever.
Perhaps you should change it to "Gay Pride Open House".
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
And he probably paid for his AirPort Express in about a week.
Already done on the Netstumbler forums. Personally, I like "You have been hacked fool!". Worst I've personally seen was an address (nnn Afton Valley Ct). Best was "LandOfChocolate". Check them out at Wigle.
So they figured out that it's cheaper and easier to give folks a way to recharge their mobile then make the trains run on time? Clever blokes!
There's a big, big difference between designing a system that can do one thing well, and a system that can do many things well. Worst case with TiVO, it restarts itself and you wonder why a few minutes of your program didn't record. Worst case with Solaris, your system restarts and everyone wonders where eBay went :-0
So write the grant proposal to play up the educational aspects. Need diagnostic tools? Stress that they'll be used to keep student and teacher systems running, and also to teach students state of the art tools for keeping systems running. Same with infrastructure items - ask for two routers, and stress that one will be used to give students real-world, hands-on experience.
You've got to admire anyone who can come up with such gems as "HP-UX is on its way to Hewlett Packard's industry leading collection of dead architectures." Hilarious! Did he write that himself, or are The Register's scribes moonlighting again?
Seriously, leaders are supposed to lead. He's articulated his vision for the future, and he's rallying the troops to take them there. Good for him!
Sorry to burst your bubble, but referring to engineering programs as "codes" dates back at least to Fortran 66. It's still pretty common in the HPC world, and pretty much anywhere the focus is on getting engineering tasks done, and not on programming.
Yeah, imagine being a proctologist with my asshole relatives!
What a coincidence! My side job is spamming the people in your neighborhood!
Someone who's been a consultant lately can give a better answer, but here's my back of the envelope numbers from way back when. Take the amount you'd like to make next year, say $75,000. Double it to account for your taxes, benefits you have to buy, paying for your own training and books, and any time off you want. Now divide that by the number of hours you expect to work, 1920 (240 days times 8 hours if you have a one year contract; if you expect to spend a few months looking, decrease the number). (150,000/2000) is about $75/hour. If you're working with an agency, tell them this is what you want them to pay you, not what the client pays. Also, always add a fudge factor of 10-20%. You need to build up a few months pay in a savings account.
Oh, so this is why you shouldn't routinely log in as root. It also proves the superiority of WINDOWS! WINDOWS doesn't have /etc, /bin, or /usr! Heck, they don't even use that "/" thingy. You just put all your stuff in that desktop icon labeled "Recycle Bin" in case you want to use it again.
Why, free tampons?
Perhaps you meant in vivo CONDOM tester. Big difference...