Maybe I'm done for

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Post #115,212

by orion

8/24/03 6:55:52 PM

Maybe I'm done for

being out of work for so long, and not keeping my MS-skills up to date with .NET, etc might be major factors against me.

I don't really know what I can do, I might not even be able to handle a job anymore. I might be on disability for the rest of my life. Maybe it is the best thing for me right now?

I cannot escape my past, not sure what former employers would say about me, not that they understood that I have an illness that limits my abilities. Maybe I can get a simple job, but not enough to support a family.

All I know is that I cannot take the road that a best friend of mine took in 1999 when he killed himself. I'm doing my best to prevent that. Not easy, but I still live.

"Lady I only speak two languages, English and Bad English!" - Corbin Dallas "The Fifth Element"

Post #115,251

by mhuber

8/25/03 1:33:49 AM

I guess I can't say this in 2-syllable or less words

Because "computer" has 3.

What Ashton is saying is this:

There are other ways for a smart guy to make a living than IT.

Hey, I guess I did do it.

Now, look around you. What expensive problems do you see? Which of those is solvable - no, treatable - only by the continued local application of a mind that can manage complex processes. Ignore the presense or absence of data processing equipment. As an excercise, follow the ones where data processing equimpent is not present or atr least not central.

Now go tell the guy with the problem you can help. And how your help is cheaper than not having your help.

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Sometime you the windshield, sometime you the bug, sometime you the driver you turn on the windshield washer you keep going.

More layoff casualties are taking what they can get - (lincoln) - (23) - Aug. 15, 2003, 10:26:57 PM EDT

This must be your "thing"... - (gdaustin) - (21) - Aug. 16, 2003, 11:55:21 AM EDT

POTD! Some comments. - (Another Scott) - (9) - Aug. 16, 2003, 02:13:15 PM EDT

Disagree Somewhat.... - (gdaustin) - (8) - Aug. 16, 2003, 06:58:41 PM EDT

How do I respond to this? - (lincoln) - (6) - Aug. 16, 2003, 08:29:02 PM EDT

Re: How do I respond to this? - (orion) - Aug. 16, 2003, 08:34:27 PM EDT

Sorry... - (gdaustin) - (4) - Aug. 16, 2003, 11:50:06 PM EDT

It depresses me too - (orion) - Aug. 16, 2003, 11:50:38 PM EDT

I know that song. - (inthane-chan) - (2) - Aug. 17, 2003, 08:29:12 PM EDT

Hang on there - (orion) - Aug. 17, 2003, 09:00:44 PM EDT

Re: I know that song. - (Ashton) - Aug. 18, 2003, 03:39:48 AM EDT

Do the same thing I do - (boxley) - Aug. 17, 2003, 09:22:48 PM EDT

Re: This must be your "thing"... - (deSitter) - (3) - Aug. 16, 2003, 07:12:16 PM EDT

Seconded - (Ashton) - Aug. 16, 2003, 08:40:31 PM EDT

ObAOL -NT - (kmself) - Aug. 16, 2003, 09:48:01 PM EDT

But Ross... - (gdaustin) - Aug. 16, 2003, 11:38:15 PM EDT

What we can do - (orion) - Aug. 16, 2003, 08:31:44 PM EDT

I disagree, I'm probably wrong - (mhuber) - (5) - Aug. 23, 2003, 11:56:19 AM EDT

very well said - (deSitter) - (4) - Aug. 23, 2003, 12:17:06 PM EDT

Computers as a career - (orion) - (3) - Aug. 23, 2003, 04:25:58 PM EDT

Maybe you're getting it.. - (Ashton) - (2) - Aug. 24, 2003, 06:00:26 PM EDT

Maybe I'm done for - (orion) - (1) - Aug. 24, 2003, 06:55:52 PM EDT

I guess I can't say this in 2-syllable or less words - (mhuber) - Aug. 25, 2003, 01:33:49 AM EDT

I know how he feels - (jake123) - Aug. 17, 2003, 12:53:48 PM EDT

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