Job laments.....
Apr. 5th, 2006 12:20 pmI feel like a frickin' dinosaur. In my 15 years in the biz, I wrote Perl CGI scripts, HTML pages, worked with both Access and Oracle (5.1.22 on OpenVMS), and am a whiz in MS Word and Excel. And I can't find a job to save my life.
I'd love to go into database administration, project management, or technical management, but I just don't have enough experience in these areas. My experience says "software developer", but it's a younger man's game now.
I'm looking within a 200-mile radius of Dayton. That means I can drive home on weekends.
A few days ago, I received a note about an opportunity in Cambridge, MA, but I told him, "Due to family and financial obligations, I'll have to turn this down." Was I wrong for doing this? Should I have taken it?
The Sicilon Valley Guidebook was partially right: Burnout at 40. (In the book they say 35.)
I'd love to go into database administration, project management, or technical management, but I just don't have enough experience in these areas. My experience says "software developer", but it's a younger man's game now.
I'm looking within a 200-mile radius of Dayton. That means I can drive home on weekends.
A few days ago, I received a note about an opportunity in Cambridge, MA, but I told him, "Due to family and financial obligations, I'll have to turn this down." Was I wrong for doing this? Should I have taken it?
The Sicilon Valley Guidebook was partially right: Burnout at 40. (In the book they say 35.)