market continues to dive!

Michael mogmios at mlug.missouri.edu
Tue Jul 16 05:23:54 CDT 2002


> > >In a way I think the computer industry needs a (free) professional license
> > >that actually matters. You have to many people cranked out from college
> > >that think real programming is Frontpage and Visual Basic with no idea
> > >that any OS's exist besides Windows and maybe MacOS. The people who only
> > >went into the field because their consul told them the job market was good
> > >in tech. Then they get A+ and Microsoft certified and go charging out to
> > >destroy the market. We need something like the law or medical bars that
> > >certify the individual is reasonably skilled and has professional ethics.
>
> how often has "and which debain packages do you maintain?" been asked in
> job interview?

Unfortunately none for me. None of the jobs I've interviewed have ever
seemed to know what to ask which probably explains their high turnover
rate as people bombed out. Besides I'm not overly pleased with either the
deb or rpm package format and was thinking of making my own just for
kicks. ;)




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