Looking for Advice

[Thomas Gibson]

Madison,
	As for job prospects, it is a tough time but I can
tell you that in 9 time out of 10 you are going to
secure a job based on your face-to-face skills both to
secure an interview and subsequently to get hired. 
Try to make direct contact with prospective companies
even if they say no calls.  Also, try contacting
companies networking for information(ie. not looking
for immediate employment).  If you don't front
immediately as looking for employment they can't
reject you immediately and you will probably learn
something along the way.

	Having worked for the last ~8 years in various
software/systems development settings I can tell you
its not all its cracked up to be.  I am trying to head
in the other direction(small business, consulant?) but
I'm not sure of the details.  A group of TLUGers had
made some motions in the spring about creating an open
source consultancy group but that sorta lost steam.  
	If you have any insights to give, want an opinion(,
etc) email me.  What is your background/interests
other than what you mentioned?



 --- Madison Kelly <linux-5ZoueyuiTZhBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> wrote: > Hi
everyone,
> 
>   I have a question that I am hoping someone here
> has worked through.
> 
>   I decided that, given some stuff going on right
> now, that I should
> really try getting a job to get some steady income
> for a bit. The
> problem I am facing though, as I am guessing others
> here have faced is,
> how do you get a job when you are self taught? The
> only place I have
> worked in the past outside of my own company was,
> strangly enough,
> teaching evening courses at George Brown :).
> 
>   So my question is, how have some of you gone about
> getting a job when
> you have no paper work but are good at what you do?
> How do you get a
> given company to even respond to your resume? I have
> sent out quite a
> large number of resumes but so far I only got one
> interview. For what it
> is worth; I have been actively building,
> troubleshooting and supporting
> PC systems since '97 (under windows and linux).
> 
>   Anyway, if nothing else take this as an exasperted
> rant :).
> 
> Madison
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