I was in accounting for several years. I work for a non profit. I took a lateral in Electronic Pubs and found cold fusion. I simply began doing it. Once I did my first application with it, the company invested in me by paying for the basic cold fusion class. The more aps I did, the happier they were and sent me to advanced cold fusion. It took me a year to get the promotion, title and salary to go with it all, but it was worth it. Find a small growing concern with system needs, take what you already know there, show it, work hard and the rewards will come. It worked for me. Yeah, I could have taken my little bit of knowledge and fudged a higher paying job elsewhere, I saw folks do that, but I wanted a solid foundation and having a company willing to help me grow in it helps. I am finding that the combination of programming and accounting is really a good thing to have. Good luck, find a place to grow and work and study hard. I found that actually using and applying Cold Fusion was better than any of the courses I took. I get the updated manuals, I have Ben Fortas 4.0 and a good SQL manual. Also I use Goodmans Java script bible and pay close attention to this list. I have found many valuable lessons on this list. It is amazing the stuff you can get and learn free. I have to admit that having Cold Fusion here at work helps because I can see the results quickly, but you can learn a great deal even at CF web sites. Like someone else said, do a web page showing your skills. THen base your resume on that. > > Ellen Swartz wrote: > > > > Very interesting thread. > > > > I am not alone and it does not make me feel any better. > > I have been struggling for the last 6 months between getting > several part-time > > jobs to make some $ and finding an entry level CF position or > internship. I > > got about 10 interviews with local companies that all ended the > same way. > > "Sorry, you don't have enough experience. Go home, work hard > and contact us > > again when you are ready." > > > > Let's face it. What company is going to hire an accountant with > no experience > > and barely any knowledge? > > If CF was tought in college we would not be were we are now. We > still would > > not have the real life experience but we would have a lot more > knowledge and > > consequently a lot more chances to find an entry level CF job. > > > > I got to a point where I was wondering if I should pay a > company to hire me > > and give me some real life experience. I would work for freee > if I was given > > the opportunity (only on-site with a local company). It's > either that (and I > > agree I would be taken advantage of) or spent another year > strugging learning > > in 6 months at home what I would probably learn in a month > working full time. > > > > Why don't we start something. > > CF guru could teach one or twice a week and be paid for it. > > Example: I live in Fort Lauderdale, FL. If an experience CF > could give a class > > to 10 CF beginners at least once a week and get paid by us (how > much would > > have to be determined) maybe we would learn faster and smarter. > > > > > > -- > Jeff Houser > AIM: Reboog711 | ICQ: 5246969 | Phone: 860-229-2781 > -- > DotComIt, LLC > Computer Consultant specializing in database driven web data > Lotus Notes/Domino, Cold Fusion > -- > Half of the Alternative Folk Acoustic Duo called Far Cry Fly > http://www.farcryfly.com > http://www.mp3.com/FarCryFly > -- > Does Everyone Think I'm a Cynical? > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------ > To Unsubscribe visit > http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf _jobs or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=sts or send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists or send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists or send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
