All complaints about the relevance of this article aside, it allows us greybeards to reminisce about about why we started tinkering with computers in the first place. I also worked for an Apple dealer and the Lisa was the coolest gadget we had! It weighed about 30 pounds, had a five megabyte external hard drive, and was way ahead of anything IBM/MS put out at the time. Of course, we didn't actually sell any. Who could afford it?
That's currently my problem. I've been hunting an IT job for over 18 months and even though I have over 20 years of on-the-job experience and self-study, and about four years of solid IT positions, I can't seem to connect with an employer because so many require some kind of certification.
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All complaints about the relevance of this article aside, it allows us greybeards to reminisce about about why we started tinkering with computers in the first place. I also worked for an Apple dealer and the Lisa was the coolest gadget we had! It weighed about 30 pounds, had a five megabyte external hard drive, and was way ahead of anything IBM/MS put out at the time. Of course, we didn't actually sell any. Who could afford it?
True. Bad planning on my part. I'm not unemployed, just doing something completely unrelated.
That's currently my problem. I've been hunting an IT job for over 18 months and even though I have over 20 years of on-the-job experience and self-study, and about four years of solid IT positions, I can't seem to connect with an employer because so many require some kind of certification.
(chuckle) That was the first thing I thought also.