Re: not enough real programmers? (was Re: Byte Magazine: 18 Vintage issues, 1985-1986)

["John Gilmer" <gilmer@crosslink.net>]

Ruff Records <ruffrecords@geocities.com> wrote in message
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> Donald Gillies wrote in message <7of2b2$ka2$1@cascade.cs.ubc.ca>...
> >"jsnyder" <jsnyder@trelis.com> writes:
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> >>This has been my experience over the last six months that I have been
> >>looking for a job;  25 years in the industry, h/w and s/w design.  But I
> >>don't fit neatly into the skill sheet that the HR droids use.  I even
had
> >>one tell me that I didn't have the required qualification of writing
> >>'firmware' even though my resume lists 10 years of embedded work.
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> >I think that as you grow older you can no longer compete for the
> >entry-level jobs.  If you are looking for an entry-level job at age
> >50, people look at you as if there must be something wrong with you,
> >why hasn't your career made progress ??
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> So what valid reason would you have for why your career has not progressed
> further?

Are you nasty? or what?

I stopped working at age 42 about 14 years ago.    If circumstances changed,
I would have to go back to work.  I would be looking for a entry level
position but  unless my employeers were on the ball, I would switch
employeers and/or go into job shopping as soon as I established myself in
how things operate today.

There are only so many slots for bosses.  If someone is not a boss that
doesn't mean he is stupid as boss skills are not the same as programming,
design, or documentation skills.

JLG

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