Re: Gaining a Position

[Haseltine, Celeste]

Peter,   For me it was two things:  1. Used my existing internal network from my previous engineering career to land a full time developer position.  2.  Accepted jobs with small companies who could not afford to pay the big salaries, or all the benefits, but could give me valuable experience and exposure to the latest and greatest technology.   Celeste -----Original Message----- From: Peter Boivin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 2:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Gaining a Position I am trying to break into the field of programming as a Java developer.  I would like to ask the people who are employed as Java Programmers how they got their break into the world of programming and, more specifically, java.