[H-GEN] Linux related work in Bris vegas?

Ben Martin monkeyiq at users.sourceforge.net
Mon Aug 26 03:19:10 EDT 2002


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On Mon, 2002-08-26 at 16:55, Paul Gearon wrote:
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> On Mon, 26 Aug 2002, [iso-8859-1] David Seikel wrote:
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> >  --- Paul Gearon <pag at PISoftware.com> wrote:
> > I haven't found any of that sort of work, where should I be looking?
> > Embedded systems really interest me, and I have a lot of experience.
> 
> I found a few advertised at seek.com.au.  Once you get in touch with the
> recruiters they'll then tell you what else they have that they didn't
> advertise.
> 
> > I'm very good at all sorts of programming, so I don't specialise, which
> > makes it hard for people to pigeon hole me, so I don't get work, even
> > though I can do it all really really well.
> >
> > Sigh, story of my life, I'm really good, but no one is interested.

heh, well, atleast the story isn't mine, everyone and their dog offering
me 40K making it really fscking hard to get unemployment. /me wishes
unrealistic offers stopped arriving.

> 
> Aim yourself at a particular corner of the market.  I have a lot of
> experience with databases, Windows <shudder/>, XML and Java, but I didn't
> want jobs in any of those fields, so I emphasised my other skills in
> assembler/C/C++, linux, hardware and embedded systems.  Seemed to work for
> me.
> 
> You might not necessarily find embedded Linux work, but if you're as good
> as you say then you should find Linux work or embedded work.  (Personally,
> I don't mind non-Linux systems when it comes to embedded systems... just
> so long as it isn't wince)

The main problem I've had there is that most companies (from what I have
seen) want the 'feel good' factor of Linux, ie. the perception that they
are keeping up with things and not missing any developments. But they
don't *really* want it. So they end up with a token 486 running
Linux+apache and claim that the company is Linux friendly. It may just
be that I've had a bad run of interviews.

> 
> Regards,
> Paul Gearon
> 
> Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum
> immane mittam.
> (Translation from latin: "I have a catapult. Give me all the money,
> or I will fling an enormous rock at your head.")
> 
> 
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