On 9/8/03 1:23 PM, "Greg Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Q: I'm unemployeed and believe that having "TriJUG Board Member" on my resume > will help me get a new job. Is this true? > A: It might. Being a board member tells others that your are an active member > of the Java community. But if the jobs comes down to two candidates having > simular skill sets, being a Board Member may shift the decision in your favor. >
It certainly isn't a silver bullet, but it sure does help. The contacts I've made through serving on the board have been invaluable to me personally. Unfortunately, this has been a self-correcting cycle in that in part due to the work I do through those contacts I no longer have sufficient time to devote to being on the board. I promise you, you will get back what you put into it and then some. -Andy -- Andrew C. Oliver http://www.superlinksoftware.com/poi.jsp Custom enhancements and Commercial Implementation for Jakarta POI http://jakarta.apache.org/poi For Java and Excel, Got POI? The views expressed in this email are those of the author and are almost definitely not shared by the Apache Software Foundation, its board or its general membership. In fact they probably most definitively disagree with everything espoused in the above email. _______________________________________________ Juglist mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://trijug.org/mailman/listinfo/juglist_trijug.org
