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From: wisniews@indirect.com (Joe Wisniewski)
Subject: Re: No employment available for mathematician/genius/programmer(LISP)
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Robert Elton Maas, 21 years experience programming (rem@BTR.Com) wrote:
: jochenw@akela.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Jochen Wolters) said:
: <<obviously you know almost exactly what potential employers expect
: from applicants for those jobs that you are interested in. Why, then,
: didn't you spend part of those three years to get into the languages,
: dev environments etc. that the industry guys are looking for?!>>

: Each employer wants a particular combination of past experience, it

   I have gone around with Mr. Maas a long time ago also. But with all of the
   well-meaing suggestions that have been offered, there is one whole 
   "category" of solutions that he obviously hasn't/won't consider.

  That is obtaining a contracting position doing something less than
  his skills would warrant. There are a gazzillion contracting 
  positions available EVERYWHERE in the country. For many/dare I say
  most contract testing positions, a minimal amount of "interviewing"
  takes place. I'm in a rather boring testing slot right now, but
  the money is more than good. He could get testing jobs anywhere in
  the country for
  $35/hr right now, if he wanted it. There will be an excuse though,
  count on it. (No, I am not going to waste any more time generating
  your leads for you. They are out there.)

  And I promised myself I wouldn't get back into this discussion again.
 
  Joe
