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From: cdayton@harris.com (Carol Dayton)
Subject: Re: No employment available for mathematician/genius/programmer(LISP)
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OK, here goes... 
	1. the guy is a whiner. No doubt he has many capabilities, 
but getting along with people is most likely NOT one of them.  
If he spent half the time he spends feeling sorry for himself, and
trying to get sympathy in using those skills to:
   a) write a share-ware utility and post it (i.e, get a name for writing tools)
   b) Offer to tutor students at a high school in math, or in numerical
      computing
   c) learn a new skill
then he might get somewhere.
	2. Others have said it before -- look outward, see what the 
consumer ( your prospective employer)  needs and get that skill.
	3. Per the credit card debt...long term unemployment issues.  
You are not the only one in this position.  I know of one person who had
responsibility for millions of dollars of the defense budget, yet has not
 been able to find a job since "retiring". ( Oh, and he's qualified as 
a MENSA .999er..)  He could whine, but instead
 he's volunteering and helping others -- and His contacts will eventually
 land him a responsible position In the meantime, he does what he has to..
	4. Remember that people's impression of you is made in the first
 3 seconds after you meet. What impression are you giving? 
	5. Is your resume posted in one of the areas, or just the whining?
	6. Use a credit card to get Zig Ziglar's SEE YOU AT THE TOP. then
 read it with an open mind.
