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November 18, 2003
It's Busted.
I was up until... Well, I fell asleep with my head on my desk somewhere between 6:30 and 7:30 this morning. Playing with computers. Setting up share points on my file servers. Reloading a laptop with a fresh load of Windows and the requisite apps that I must have installed. Downloading updates. Defraging hard drives. Etc. Etc. A computer room for one.
Then I started fucking with the style sheet for this site, trying to make it look the same in Mozilla as it does in IE. Fucking non-standards compliant pieces of shit. All of them.
But mostly it was to avoid the pain I feel being unemployed.
I managed to get a resume sent to an employer for a part-time position. Which is good. I ought to be doing a lot more of that than I have. Talked to an old acquaintance about work at his company. Need to get in touch with another friend.
All I am saying, is give g33ks a chance.
Sorry.
I just want to work. I know shitloads about tech-support, and I'm pretty damned sure I can run a small data center, and I'm good and I can make you understand what's going on without talking down to you.
No, I don't have certs! Because they are temporary and because I'm tired of explaining simple concepts to people who have them. Maybe I've just seen a few bad apples...
I just wanna work, ok? I'm fucking good!
I'm starting to get worried.
At least I applied for a position. At least there is that.
[+] Posted by Sinner, who was transgressing at the time (November 18, 2003 6:02 PM) by thinking evil. [+]
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Too bad you are so far north. The hiring seems to be picking up a tad down here. Good luck!
Sorry I am not in an industry that could use your talents - Good Luck!
First off, you do not necessarily want to work for or with anyone who puts stock in sysadmin types with certs. All that proves is that they took the test. Does not mean that they are reliable or will not crash a server via sheer stupidity or that they know how to do anything but reboot when things go wrong. Even I know that an (insert name of cert here) is not worth the paper it is printed on unless you have experience with it and that the biggest dumbasses in the world with no skillz are the ones that flock to the tests.
Wankers. All of them.
I bet your practical skills have bailed out many a certified wanker in a sticky situation. I bet you can site specific incidences where that exact thing happened. The best skills you can have to add to tech skills are people skills, which all of us who read this site know you have in bushel basket loads. You just need to figure out the verbiage that will let you tell that to a prospective employer via the resume. If you run into trouble, perhaps us kids on the web can take a crack at translating to resume-ese for you? You know we all just adore you so ask for what you need.
SO there! Cheer up! I dare you!
Having been laid off twice in the last few years, I know what you are going through and I am available for comment and advice the usual hours in the usual ways. ;-)