From: Dossy (dossy@panoptic.com)
Date: Sat May 11 2002 - 21:45:23 MDT
On 2002.05.11, Mike Lorrey <mlorrey@datamann.com> wrote:
> The world is gonna pay me for my work or not get any at all.
You say this like the world needs your work, or anyone else's, for
that matter.
"The world likes crushed dreams. They're easier to swallow that
way ..."
> HR people have absolutely no idea what "open source" actually is and
> doesn't mean diddly to them next to a certification.
Belief in the statement "I will fail" usually results in failure,
regardless of your objective chances of success. Statement or
belief in the statement almost makes it true, which is ironic.
"I won't get a job without a certification" may not be true, but
you're certainly making it true. What are you gaining by doing
that?
> Great. I'm not in the Bay area. The fact that they are considered
> 'vermin' tells me that there are far more java coders than actual jobs,
> if they are wasting their time on open source projects in order to build
> experience because nobody will hire them.
The truth of the matter is that there are far more Java coders
than actual jobs, you're right. The upside of that is that
most of those Java coders are downright awful -- horrible,
inexperienced code-and-fix cowboy coders who can't code their
way out of a wet paper bag.
My advice: Don't you become one of them. You'll only get
frustrated by getting fired or laid off and you'll force
someone to have to work with you and try to meet their
project deadlines.
(No, I'm not bitter having to deal with those people every
day of the week. Not at all.)
> So, despite your best attempts, you've actually told me something I
> wanted to know. ;)
:-)
-- Dossy
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"He realized the fastest way to change is to laugh at your own
folly -- then you can let go and quickly move on." (p. 70)
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