*closes open UPS jobs page* Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > 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 >>> >> > >
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