Unfortunately, having worked at UPS for several years, the drivers make more than the programmers.
On 6/6/06, Maureen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've seen several Cold Fusion telecommute projects lately. Have you > thought about that? Also, I get email almost daily from UPS looking > for Cold Fusion programmers. Not sure if they have office in your > area, but you could check. > > For someone as sharp as you are, .Net shouldn't be that hard to learn. > Download the free 160 trial of Visual Studio from Microsoft's site > and give it a whirl. > > On 6/6/06, Russel Madere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >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:5:208201 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
