Gee, Ed -- I am not sure whether to say "congrats" or "my sympathies." Sounds like a tough rode to hoe; separated from family, trying to work for a living again, being a "team player" and all of that.
I'm sure if anyone can make the transition, you can. > there's a lot of work, but everyone and > his brother is bidding against you, so it's hard to find clients > willing to pay for experience when there are tons of low-cost > alternatives. This is the discouraging part. I find the same in PHP -- lots of people claim skills -- one of the loudest mouths on the PHP list is *17* -- Prospects don't know enough to value experience, whether design or business in general, to differentiate among techie types. Might as well hire Cousin Frieda's kid - "he just got out of tech school and he knows them computers real good." <sigh> Ken PS: I really don't think that this is OT, as it is personal, sure, but the reasons affect us all... At least we "Tech" subscribers would want to know... _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
