On 1-12-2009 11:24, Invisible wrote:

> I don't think it's feasible for me to get an enjoyable job. Let's face 
> it, nobody is going to pay me to sit around geeking out over monadic 
> combinator libraries. They're going to pay me to get a job done, no 
> matter how boring it turns out to be.
> 
> One of the careers advisors I spoke to suggested that with my skill set 
> I should maybe look at financial modelling. I looked around, and did 
> find a job. First, the job was based in London. Second, they demand a 
> PhD. Not negotiatable. I guess if I had really amazing grades from my 
> degree I could argue that they should at least look at me... but I don't.

So, get yourself a job where you can study for a grade.

> Let's be real here. You want to be a programmer? Why should I hire you? 
> There are other programmers out there. Programmers who can do C and C++. 
> Programmers who understand cache coherence and can cope with 
> little-endian data (mis)representation. Programmers who won't get bored 
> and do something unrelated every five minutes.
> 
> You wanna be a technical writer? Other people can write. And most of 
> them write a damned site better than you. They can express themselves 
> clearly, they can FREAKING SPELL, and they can type faster than you. Why 
> should we hire you?
> 
> You wanna do something with maths? Other people have a real, formal 
> mathematical education. With certificates and grades to prove it. Who 
> are you trying to kid?
> 
> You want to design digital logic? We have engineering graduates who have 
> been *actually doing* this stuff for, like, the last 8 years. Why should 
> be hire some guy who's read about it in a book when we have a queue of 
> people who have done it for real?
> 
> I need to be realistic about what work it is actually possible for me to 
> get. I'm never going to be a software architect or a document writer. 
> These jobs are few and far between, and there are plenty of people far 
> more qualified than I am already competing for them. I need to look at 
> jobs I might actually be able to get - and I doubt location makes a huge 
> difference to that.

I think a few people, including me, already pointed out that this is 
merely your imagination at work, combined with your legendary google skills.

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