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>> My point is actually this: I know about data compression, cryptology,
>> DSP, complex numbers, statistics, logic circuits, numerical
>> integration, sound synthesis, differential calculus, functional
>> programming, data structures and algorithms... I could go on. Now, who
>> *the hell* is going to care about any of these things?
>
> Nobody. 95% of what I know I won't use in my job. In another job it
> might be a different 5% that I use, but it's not going to be much more
> than that.
I said "any", not "all".
It seems difficult to imagine a job which requires numerical integration
*and* cryptology, for example. But personally, I can't imagine getting
hired for a job where even one of the above is useful. I mean, sure,
somebody somewhere designs ICs for a living. And somebody, somewhere
else, designs bridges. Have *you* ever met a bridge designer??
>> Heh, if only I could *find* thousands of IT jobs! :-P
>
> monster.co.uk "IT support" gives several thousand.
Yeah, that's what I'm saying; maybe I should look at support instead of
programming.
>> Actually, I've been thinking about this one. Maybe I'm setting my
>> sights too high. Maybe I just need to accept that nobody is ever going
>> to pay me to write computer programs,
>
> See to me you don't seem like the type that would enjoy someone
> pressuring you every day to get some code finished and out the door
> (that you might not be 100% happy with), you seem to prefer the more
> relaxed "hobby" attitude of programming (as do I).
Possibly.
> a) Almost any "boring sysadmin job" is going to pay more than you are
> getting now.
Wouldn't be hard, eh? ;-)
> b) I suspect quite a lot of sysadmin jobs would give you the opportunity
> to write programs at a more leisurely pace than if it was your main job.
Well, my current sysadmin job does...
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