Re: Suddenly, I've lost the plot....

>It would be laughed at if they
>advertised for taxi drivers who had 6 years with Mondeos and rejected
>people who drove only a Vectra for example, but that is effectively
>what they are doing.

Sorry, this is not a good comparison - both are cars. What you refer
to is somebody advertising for train drivers, and somebody turns up who
has captained a boat and says its the same. Its not. If somebody
works in visual basic or VB.NET, they want somebody who has used it.
Having somebody who has developed in Pascal is all fine, but that
person will be lost in a VB.NET world and would not only be
un-productive, but would be asking for help from others and slowing
them down.

All you have to do is take a look at the skills required matrix that
appears in Computer Weekly, and you will see that it is now a Microsoft
World. the top skills are SQL Server, VB, VB.NET, VBA and so on. The
'legacy' skills of Cobol, Pascal, Delphi etc are listed, but they are
way, way down on the list.

As for leaving your DOB off a CV, this wouldnt work anyway. Afterall,
nobody employees without an interview.

As per my last email, use the knowledge you have an expand on it where
experience counts. If the time to retire thing is an issue, there is
always contracting.

I started off in programming (originally Pick, then VB) and whedn it
was clear that young blood was snapping at my ankles, I had to jump
away and now do IT consultancy. I may a good living out of it. Its
based on the skills I obtained as a programmer. You have to think
sideways sometimes.

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