I'm with these 2. I work at the office, but who care's where we work as long
as killer sites and apps come from the effort. Work in my underwear? If I
could I would.
No paper qualifications will impress me as much as a developer who can show
me WHAT they've done, explain HOW they did it, and WHY they did it that way.
And I ain't askin' the way Vinny Barbarino did.
BOTTOM LINE: although helpful, all the classes in the world are not going to
give you the experience that comes from building CF apps the old fashioned
way, rolling up your sleeves and building them.
Daniel
It's a long way down from the high horse, aint it?
>From: Bryan Stevenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: CF-Jobs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: Net Tanking?
>Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 12:33:09 -0800
>
>I'm with Judith.
>
>I started as a business student and ended up developing large scale
>e-commerce sites and web-enabled business applications - go figure :o)
>
>As far as working from home goes......
>I certainly consider myself a "professional", with one slight twist. I can
>work from home! What's wrong with that? Hmmmmm...I don't have to wear a
>tie....I don't eat fast food for
>lunch....I make my own hours.....and can be very productive in such a
>casual environment. Sounds pretty horrible huh *insert a bit'o'sarcasm
>here* :o)
>
>Now of course there is a taint in the industry with "my cousin Freddy is a
>computer genious" - translation: "He can turn on a computer which is more
>than I can do". This is where
>all the $20 per page web site ads come from. Just don't go lumping all of
>us that work from home "unprofessional". Heck, we're just smart :o)
>
>My 2 cents
>
>Enjoy the rest of the holidays all....Merry Ho Ho
>
>Judith Taylor wrote:
>
> > You know, not everyone can afford to take the CF Classes. Some of us
> > "people who work from [their] our 'bedrooms' do so not because we really
> > want to, but because circumstances have made it so we have to. I live in
>an
> > area that is not 'overflowing' with CF opportunities....and because of
> > personal involvements, I have no wish to move.
> >
> > I have been working with CF only since version 3.1, I have a college
>degree
> > in fine arts and come from a non-programming background. Does this make
>me
> > less of a professional? I have worked as a UNIX account
> > assistant/consultant (a step or so below full UNIX administration -
>taking
> > care of those problems that sys admins shouldn't need to worry about)
>and
> > as a CF developer. All my computer skills I learned on my own...starting
> > with Macintosh, working through UNIX, learning Windows 3.1, 95, 98 and
>NT4,
> > and Linux (RedHat 6.2).
> >
> > Some day, I would love to be able to afford to get some 'formalized
> > training' if only to have that piece of paper that "proves my worth" to
> > people who, when they don't see a CIS or MIS degree listed in my resume,
> > dismiss my abilities - to do or to learn.
> >
> > I proudly call myself a professional.
> >
> > Judith Taylor
> > A Freelance 'bedroom' CF Developer
> >
> > At 12:27 PM 2000-12-27, John Wilker wrote:
> > >[snip]
> > >That's a very common theme, in any industry, the professional people
>who
> > >have honed their skills taken classes and such have to contend with
>people
> > >who work from their bedrooms and call themselves professionals, who
>flood
> > >the market and cast a bad light on the industry as a whole.
> > >
> > >That being said (just a gripe I've had for a long time :-))
> >
> > Judith Taylor
> > ICQ: 67460562
> > Freelance ColdFusion Developer
> >
> >
>
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