Re: what skills to look for (have)

> > What about showing up with a good WORKING program? > > Isn't that some measure of ability ? > > Doesn't that help to reveal where a persons strengths, weaknesses, > interests lie ? > > Would a well developed program not speak louder than a degree ? > > My tone is intended to be more inquisitive than suggestive. > In that case... The only person who might be interested in seeing such a program is the person giving a technical interview. That person is probably swamped with work anyway and the language you've written in is probably not the language they want... For my first job I traveled with a portfolio. Big waste of muscular effort, on top of which it labelled me as a newbie - I stopped carrying it about my third interview and had better success based on my winning personality and the fact that I had a meaningless degree (History) (they were looking for a warm body). Once I had ANY kind of experience under my belt the old-boy network and headhunters took over. Not perhaps a methodology I recommend, just my personal experience. In answer to your second question - look for an internship, lots of companies do them and its a quick way to get low-risk (to the company) experience + a referral. Good referrals are worth their weight in plutonium. cheers and best of luck. j. _____________________________________________________________________________ Jack Parker - Hewlett Packard, DMD/IS Boise, Idaho, USA jparker@hpbs3645.boi.hp.com _____________________________________________________________________________ "I'm with the IRS, I'm here to help you" _____________________________________________________________________________ Any opinions expressed herein are my own and not those of my employers. _____________________________________________________________________________