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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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