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>
> > If you think it is *fun* being unemployed (at least you think it is fun
> > to make fun of it...), I have some disappointing news for you: it isn't.
>
> Nope, I did not mean to insult you on this, I was guessing from my own
> experience though.
> What I can see here (in the Eastern part of Germany) is that about 50%
> of the unemployed people who are coming for a job either do not want
> to work really because it's much easier to live on unemployment aids
Well, I do not receive any unemployments aids at all. As soon as I
learned that they are not interested in promoting me to a new job
instead of paying my unemployness I told them they could stick their
money where the sun doesn't shine... If my wife wouldn't work I'd be
living right under some bridge now.
> (believe me, this is true), and 40% of the rest silently disappear once
> they hear they won't be millionaires in a couple of months.
> Ok, I understand that you are among the remaining 10% - but for me it's
> very hard to imagine that you cannot find a job in the SW business
> somewhere in Germany - even if it's only a Helpdesk serviceman, but a
> job is a job and if you know how to install Linux on a PC, you're
> more advanced than 99% of your collegues.
Well, I know there are plenty of jobs out there, but either you are
expected to
be an IT pro or they are somewhere else. Here in Berlin it seems to be
impossible to get some job. No, not even at Vobis. I wrote them all, I
placed adds in the newspapers and on online job adverts. No luck.
It is not that I am some computer newbie: I have been building computers
myself (for me and my wife) for some years now, repair others, know what
it takes to install, configure and administrate Windows NT WS, Linux,
FreeBSD, BeOS, Solaris. I have a small network over here which runs with
NT, 98 and Linux. My English isn't that bad.
"Ah, no degree, no official training? We are so sorry, but...".
> We're really having a hard time to get qualified people here - even
> for such subtle tasks like answering on the telephone.
Well, looks like I've chosen exactly the wrong place to dwell...
> Well, the current rate for a 4X player is around DEM 350,-, this is
> probably a lot of money for you then ?
Yes. I am now living at my wife's wages. She is very generous, but as
you might understand, I want to rely on her as less as possible.
> > Oh, BTW: being unemployed doesn't mean 'having plenty of time'.
>
> This is something I cannot understand --- what are you doing all day then ?
Reading job ads, writing promotion letters, doing housework, writing
technical documents like the aolm-FAQ, looking online for new jobs,
repairing other people's PCs and adjusting their crappy Windos
installations...
> I'm sitting here working 12 and more hours a day, but if I were unemployed
> (well, I'm self-employed ;) there should be 12 hours left for leisure.
> >
> > I ordered Debian 2.1 some four weeks ago from your company (using
> > Navigator) and never heard anything since. Anyway I did not mean to
>
> I cannot find your order here ... I will double-check this Monday.
> As I said, we did have some problems in the past, but this should
> improve now.
Well, ok. I'll give it another try as soon as Debian 2.2 will be out.
Forget about 2.1. With M6 being out and having to rewrite the HTML
version of the aolm-FAQ my time is filled up ;-).
No offense was meant, but I keep hearing what you wrote all the time and
I find that - hm - annoying from time to time.
Regards
tom
>
> Best Regards
> Bernd Hentig
>
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