Russel, You should make the time to download the sample apps from www.asp.net and muck with them. You can use the free MS ASP.Net IDE (Web Matrix or Studio Express???)
Its worth the time invested, even if it's only an hour or two a nite and weekends. Duane -----Original Message----- From: Russel Madere [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 11:28 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Making the jump >Sorry to hear that... how long is the commute? 53 miles which on a good day takes an hour. Throw in a breakdown or accident, double that. If I leave 5 minutes later than usual, add 15 minutes. The worse part is the gas price. I only get 16 miles to the gallon in my truck and the wife's car has 200,000 miles. >.NET is the way to go for job security. I'm seeing that, but lack the time and cash to learn it. I'm hoping to find an employer who will send me to some training. >What kind of skills do you have in networking? I have always been an IS generalist with networking and PC support. I have done LAN/WAN design, can subnet with a little refreshing, configured and administer firewalls (FW-1 and a Linux packet filtering thing I wrote in PERL 10 years ago) and can run Cat-5 cables. I just don't know how to punch down cables in a block. I knew Cisco IOS on a Catalyst 2924 switch, but no router work. I have done desktop support as an ancillary job requirement for 8 years now and directly for 5 years before that. > What about programming >experience besides CF? I'de be an excellent FORTRAN programmer with a little refresher time. I can also handle COBOL, but never programmed directly in it. I haven't touched either in 10 years. I know ASP Classic to get by and PHP to muddle my way through. It's all procedural, so I can handle it. I can muddle through PERL and have created a few applications by modifying someone else's code to fit my needs. I also wrote C-Shell scripts many years ago. I am self taught on some minor C++ and Java. I just haven't done much UI design since most of my non-web proramming work was on mainframes and computers (not PCs the big guys). > >- Matt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:208164 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
