2006-10-24
hmm..maybe this would have gotten me more job interviews
The first thing I got told in resume writing 101, was *NEVER* send a photo. Apparently this guy didn't hear this, or thought video was ok. According to "NY Times":http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/21/business/21bank.html?_r=2&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1161669810-xBNAekn0U8BXMFh0U3amEQ this initially sent to a single 'respected' company, and now it is on You Tube. Thanks Yelda!
2006-10-10
Are you worth your weight in gold?
while I was waiting for a call, I decided to find out. Step #1 : figure out how much that is US Spot price: 578/ounce Weight: 110k Value of me in gold: ~$US2.2m Step #2: figure out how many working years I have left till 65 Working years: 28 Step #3: figure out a discount rate/inflation rate you expect to get say 4% now.. plug these ...
2006-08-18
Al Kyder, Terry Wrist please board the plane
The comedy group I "previously blogged about":http://feh.holsman.net/articles/2006/06/28/australian-comedy-at-its-finest, "The Chasers war on everything":http://www.abc.net.au/vod/selector.htm?program=chaser have done it again:
... Then, after deliberately failing to board the plane, an announcement was made over the airport's loud speaker system. "Good morning ladies and gentleman," the announcement said. "This is the final boarding call ...
2006-08-17
Found on a job req
Must be able to take complex client and vendor concepts and articulate them to audiences of varying perception levelshmmm..
2005-11-10
What does your framework say about you?
from The Farm Here are the tag lines of 3 frameworks Rails: Sustainable Productivity ... Django: ... for perfectionists with deadlines Symfony: ... for lazy folks I think the tag lines speak a whole lot about the general ideals about the framework. what do you think?