Re: job prospects

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (robert)]

 > From: Matthew Lerner <http://www.fuzrocks.com/~msl>
 > Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 20:52:04 -0400
 >
 > Bored would be better than broke, you know?

I know what ya mean.  Too bad you didn't get it, then.

 > I'm planning on applying at 
 > Best Buy tomorrow, see...  And I KNOW I'll be bored there.

Yeah.  But, with things the way they are, you gotta do what you gotta do.

I've been going to this Job Seeker Networking Group in Boston.  They say
networking helps.  I'm not yet convinced.  I mean, Leonid has already
helped me by sending my resume to his new workplace; and another friend in
CA send my resume to Yahoo! (where he works) and I'm not yet too hopeful.

Ah, well.

 > -M
 > 
 > >  > From: Matthew Lerner <http://www.fuzrocks.com/~msl>
 > >  > Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 12:53:10 -0400
 > >  >
 > >  > sadly, no.  My impression was that they wanted someone they felt would be
 > >  > there for 10+ years, which they didn't think I would.  And they were 
 > >  > right, too.
 > >
 > >When the woman described the job at the end of the reference-check call,
 > >it sounded like you'd get bored fairly quickly.
 > >
 > >On the other hand, software jobs still seem to be few and far between.