You probably need to take a serious look at your resume. Even as an 'old guy' with plenty of great experience you need to have a two page resume. Update to a modern template and spend some time honing the message to target the job you want. Hiring managers understand that you have more under your belt than could fit on your resume so don't sweat what you can't fit.
Focus on results. Use the space wisely. Don't get disappointed when you don't get an interview for a job that emphatically states the need for a degree. If their culture does not allow for someone in your shoes you probably wouldn't be happy there anyway. There are senior level technical jobs that will accept experience in lieu of a degree. Look for them.
Also, don't be afraid of selling yourself. Don't lie, never lie. But do use compelling language to indicate that you get the job done right and under budget.
Finally, create a cover letter specifically for every application, especially if the jobs sounds like one you really want. Forget about the resume in the cover letter. Use 2-3 paragraphs to call attention to the specific experience and results that apply directly to the job. Come off as confident but not cocky. Remember, you are the experienced professional.
For what it's worth, when I had FIOS installed a few months ago the tech simply disconnected the copper from the box and ran new copper from the ONT. No ripping, no silicone.
Has anyone else ever wondered why so many OSS projects are afraid to ever reach v1.0? Here's an example of a project that has been in development since 2002. It's undergone cycles of feature additions and bug fixes, and it's just now hitting version 0.20?
It's not so much a matter of making each browser's implementation of JavaScript compatible. The real issue is their differing object models. The object models are a direct result of their respective design methodologies and approaches to security. There any many similarities (like the top level window and document objects) but when you get down to the nitty gritty (a must for "AJAX") you are bound to run into the differences that require conditional logic to provide cross platform compatibility.
So, unless we end up with one web browser, we'll never have a common object model and will therefore always have incompatibilities.
Except that in "Real Genius" there wasn't any real technology under the hood worth noting. I mean, a death laser used to pop popcorn? I never understood the appeal of that barf bag of a movie. "Kent, stop playing with yourself." Ugh....
I thought they had virus scanning from the beginning. I have been using GMail exclusively for over a year and funnelling all of my mail into it. I have never had a virus infected email get through and I used to get tons of it on my ISP account.
Can anyone think of any weapon we don't need? Or to put it more plainly, once technology and cost make it an attainable goal, *someone* is sure to have them. So would we *not* want space based weapons once the Chinese have them?
Stop thinking like a bunch of granola eating, utopian dreaming, liberal nimrods and get real for a second here. The common defense requires weapons to provide said defense.
I have been a PC builder/tweaker for 10 years. My latest system was a water-cooled P4 2.26 GHz overclocked to 2.85 GHz with a water-cooled, overclocked Radeon 9800 Pro. I even had heatsinks on the Radeon's memory and a waterblock on my northbridge. I've been running RAID-0 setups for years now and my mantra for cases was "Bigger = More Airflow = Better"
I say this all as a backdrop to current situation. You see, I talk about this PC in the past tense because I am selling it. I have bought a Dell Inspiron 9300. The 2MB cache on my 1.86 GHz Pentium M makes this processor perform in the same league as a 3 GHz Pentium 4. It is actually faster than my overclocked system in many tasks. The GeForce Go 6800 outperforms my Radeon 9800 Pro (not surprising given the generation difference) and the 1 GB of dual channel DDR RAM allows for plenty of gaming overhead. The 1440x900 widescreen display has native resolution support in many newer games (like Half Life 2 and Riddick.) The 7200 RPM drive, while not comparable to a RAID-0 setup, is still quite zippy and the dual layer DVD burner works like a charm.
So what's my point (other than tooting my horn?) My point is that desktop replacements have truly come of age. There isn't a game on the market now or in the next two years that I won't be able to play comfortably. Given that this little beast runs cooler and quieter than my desktop, there's nothing that I miss. Nothing.
No way is this real. The pictures of the keyboard don't match the key layout they provide and what about the "Windows" key that works in Linux? Sounds like a joke.
Sorry bud but that's just the way of things. The fact is that for any IT position in emerging technology (i.e. not cobol or jcl) there are a boatload of interested parties. If you want to get the job, you either need to network your way in or get noticed with your cover letter / resume.
2) Why? That's your call. Just be aware that unless your generic cover letter and resume happen to bring attention to the skills and experience that your prospective employer is looking for, it will end up on the bottom of a very large stack. Good luck!
1) I am not left with no staff. As I said, I filled the 3 positions and the 4th is recently vacated. The crew I have now is tight.
2) I never said that a professionally bound resume was a requirement. What does matter is that the applicant takes the time to highlight their relevant experience in a coherent manner.
Maybe they put in a poor resume because they are confident their massive abilities will get them the job at interview?
This is the wrong attitude to have. I'm not looking for a cocky primma donna w/ l33t skillz. I'm looking for people who work hard and care about first impressions. It makes for a better business relationship.
Weed out 70% because of something you don't need them to do in their job?
Have you ever worked as a programmer/analyst? I do need employees who can communicate effectively and so does everyone else. Since they're not going to have a clerical assistant taking memos and managing their schedule, they need to be able to function on their own. I need anaylsts, not one trick ponies.
Your comments show a lack of understanding of what it takes to manage. I don't have time to interview 140 people who won't take the time to present a coherent resume.
Seriously. I manage network security and Internet development/integration for a medium sized health care system (7000 empoyees.) I have had to fill 3 positions in the last two years and I am working on another right now.
Based on the stacks of resumes that have come across my desk in that time I can assure you that while there are apparently many jobless or otherwise seeking people in IT, most of them simply are not good cadidates. Sloppy resumes, generic cover letters and poor communication of the cadidate's suitability for the job knock about 70% of them off the list WHACK! just like that. If you're lousey at writing a resume, you'll be useless to me for anything not strictly technical (such as documenting your work coherently or writing a proposal.)
What's left are people who can communicate or know someone who can. Of these remaining cadidates, erratic employment patterns and insane salary requirements knock the list down to about 10% worth considering. So what I am left with is 10-20 good candidates on paper. Phone interviews w/ our HR dept quickly whiddle that down a bit. If you can't convince my HR rep that you're a good employee then your verbal skills just took a hit in my book.
In the end the pool is much more shallow than one might think.
All this talk about dumping IE in a corporate environment is laughable for most companies.
The reality is that many corporations (mine included) rely on browser-based applications, day in and day out, that REQUIRE Internet Explorer. I don't know what rock some folks have been under but wake up! Mozilla (Firefox, etc) for all of it's technical merits, has not enjoyed enough market penetration to warrant the time and effort by many software vendors necessary to make their app compatible with anything other than IE.
So simply saying "Gee boss, let's use this really cool browser" doesn't make sense when you consider the impact to day-to-day operations.
Is having to shell out $40-$50 for a retail box for most of the online games. If I'm paying $15-$20 month for a subscription, why should I have to walk down to my local CompUSA and pay $50 for a CD? They should be downloadable, period.
I can say that I probably would be a susbscriber to one or more games if it were not for the barrier of initial investment.
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You probably need to take a serious look at your resume. Even as an 'old guy' with plenty of great experience you need to have a two page resume. Update to a modern template and spend some time honing the message to target the job you want. Hiring managers understand that you have more under your belt than could fit on your resume so don't sweat what you can't fit.
Focus on results. Use the space wisely. Don't get disappointed when you don't get an interview for a job that emphatically states the need for a degree. If their culture does not allow for someone in your shoes you probably wouldn't be happy there anyway. There are senior level technical jobs that will accept experience in lieu of a degree. Look for them.
Also, don't be afraid of selling yourself. Don't lie, never lie. But do use compelling language to indicate that you get the job done right and under budget.
Finally, create a cover letter specifically for every application, especially if the jobs sounds like one you really want. Forget about the resume in the cover letter. Use 2-3 paragraphs to call attention to the specific experience and results that apply directly to the job. Come off as confident but not cocky. Remember, you are the experienced professional.
For what it's worth, when I had FIOS installed a few months ago the tech simply disconnected the copper from the box and ran new copper from the ONT. No ripping, no silicone.
Has anyone else ever wondered why so many OSS projects are afraid to ever reach v1.0? Here's an example of a project that has been in development since 2002. It's undergone cycles of feature additions and bug fixes, and it's just now hitting version 0.20?
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However, the Bible is full of testable questions and events that are supposed to have occured, most of which have been thoroughly disproven.
Such as...
It's not so much a matter of making each browser's implementation of JavaScript compatible. The real issue is their differing object models. The object models are a direct result of their respective design methodologies and approaches to security. There any many similarities (like the top level window and document objects) but when you get down to the nitty gritty (a must for "AJAX") you are bound to run into the differences that require conditional logic to provide cross platform compatibility.
So, unless we end up with one web browser, we'll never have a common object model and will therefore always have incompatibilities.
Except that in "Real Genius" there wasn't any real technology under the hood worth noting. I mean, a death laser used to pop popcorn? I never understood the appeal of that barf bag of a movie. "Kent, stop playing with yourself." Ugh....
I thought they had virus scanning from the beginning. I have been using GMail exclusively for over a year and funnelling all of my mail into it. I have never had a virus infected email get through and I used to get tons of it on my ISP account.
Imagine a Beowulf Cluster of these!
Can anyone think of any weapon we don't need? Or to put it more plainly, once technology and cost make it an attainable goal, *someone* is sure to have them. So would we *not* want space based weapons once the Chinese have them?
Stop thinking like a bunch of granola eating, utopian dreaming, liberal nimrods and get real for a second here. The common defense requires weapons to provide said defense.
Plus, they're uber cool...
Of course we need space weapons!
I have been a PC builder/tweaker for 10 years. My latest system was a water-cooled P4 2.26 GHz overclocked to 2.85 GHz with a water-cooled, overclocked Radeon 9800 Pro. I even had heatsinks on the Radeon's memory and a waterblock on my northbridge. I've been running RAID-0 setups for years now and my mantra for cases was "Bigger = More Airflow = Better"
I say this all as a backdrop to current situation. You see, I talk about this PC in the past tense because I am selling it. I have bought a Dell Inspiron 9300. The 2MB cache on my 1.86 GHz Pentium M makes this processor perform in the same league as a 3 GHz Pentium 4. It is actually faster than my overclocked system in many tasks. The GeForce Go 6800 outperforms my Radeon 9800 Pro (not surprising given the generation difference) and the 1 GB of dual channel DDR RAM allows for plenty of gaming overhead. The 1440x900 widescreen display has native resolution support in many newer games (like Half Life 2 and Riddick.) The 7200 RPM drive, while not comparable to a RAID-0 setup, is still quite zippy and the dual layer DVD burner works like a charm.
So what's my point (other than tooting my horn?) My point is that desktop replacements have truly come of age. There isn't a game on the market now or in the next two years that I won't be able to play comfortably. Given that this little beast runs cooler and quieter than my desktop, there's nothing that I miss. Nothing.
No way is this real. The pictures of the keyboard don't match the key layout they provide and what about the "Windows" key that works in Linux? Sounds like a joke.
Actually, Lucas hired a dialogue coach (a director for actors) so it might not be so bad:
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Agreed. I've been using Metacritic for years now. One of the best sites on the web IMHO.
Sorry bud but that's just the way of things. The fact is that for any IT position in emerging technology (i.e. not cobol or jcl) there are a boatload of interested parties. If you want to get the job, you either need to network your way in or get noticed with your cover letter / resume.
1) I am not trying to impress you.
2) Why? That's your call. Just be aware that unless your generic cover letter and resume happen to bring attention to the skills and experience that your prospective employer is looking for, it will end up on the bottom of a very large stack. Good luck!
1) I am not left with no staff. As I said, I filled the 3 positions and the 4th is recently vacated. The crew I have now is tight.
2) I never said that a professionally bound resume was a requirement. What does matter is that the applicant takes the time to highlight their relevant experience in a coherent manner.
Maybe they put in a poor resume because they are confident their massive abilities will get them the job at interview?
This is the wrong attitude to have. I'm not looking for a cocky primma donna w/ l33t skillz. I'm looking for people who work hard and care about first impressions. It makes for a better business relationship.
Weed out 70% because of something you don't need them to do in their job?
Have you ever worked as a programmer/analyst? I do need employees who can communicate effectively and so does everyone else. Since they're not going to have a clerical assistant taking memos and managing their schedule, they need to be able to function on their own. I need anaylsts, not one trick ponies.
Your comments show a lack of understanding of what it takes to manage. I don't have time to interview 140 people who won't take the time to present a coherent resume.
You just can't find good people.
Seriously. I manage network security and Internet development/integration for a medium sized health care system (7000 empoyees.) I have had to fill 3 positions in the last two years and I am working on another right now.
Based on the stacks of resumes that have come across my desk in that time I can assure you that while there are apparently many jobless or otherwise seeking people in IT, most of them simply are not good cadidates. Sloppy resumes, generic cover letters and poor communication of the cadidate's suitability for the job knock about 70% of them off the list WHACK! just like that. If you're lousey at writing a resume, you'll be useless to me for anything not strictly technical (such as documenting your work coherently or writing a proposal.)
What's left are people who can communicate or know someone who can. Of these remaining cadidates, erratic employment patterns and insane salary requirements knock the list down to about 10% worth considering. So what I am left with is 10-20 good candidates on paper. Phone interviews w/ our HR dept quickly whiddle that down a bit. If you can't convince my HR rep that you're a good employee then your verbal skills just took a hit in my book.
In the end the pool is much more shallow than one might think.
All this talk about dumping IE in a corporate environment is laughable for most companies.
The reality is that many corporations (mine included) rely on browser-based applications, day in and day out, that REQUIRE Internet Explorer. I don't know what rock some folks have been under but wake up! Mozilla (Firefox, etc) for all of it's technical merits, has not enjoyed enough market penetration to warrant the time and effort by many software vendors necessary to make their app compatible with anything other than IE.
So simply saying "Gee boss, let's use this really cool browser" doesn't make sense when you consider the impact to day-to-day operations.
I will second what Richard5mith said. I also forward a copy of my mail to GMail to test the spam filtering and labeling features.
What I have found is that the spam filtering is less effective than Outlook Spam Filter, often letting more 30-50% of spam through to my inbox.
Wow, great points Brian. If I could mod you up, I would.
Thanks for the tip but no, nothing but the first auto-response.
Is having to shell out $40-$50 for a retail box for most of the online games. If I'm paying $15-$20 month for a subscription, why should I have to walk down to my local CompUSA and pay $50 for a CD? They should be downloadable, period.
I can say that I probably would be a susbscriber to one or more games if it were not for the barrier of initial investment.