Re: I want to be oracle master.

faked_at_spam.me.not.com (Jeremy Russell) writes:

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> Education is a great thing - practical expertise counts also - but
> right now, you could be Brainiac, Mr. Universe, Bill Gates all rolled
> together - work for 28 hours a day *and* pay mill-owner for permission
> to come to work (Python - sorry, off at a tangent again) and still not
> get a job.
>
> Industry and service co's aren't recruiting - no-one is changing jobs
> - and therefore .... we have stagnation.
>
> I'm considering myself as semi-retired - and I've got three years to
> go till the big 5-0.
>
> At least with depression, you get caught up on your sleep!

I think your problem is the same as mine. Once you get past 45 they seem to think you are semi-retired and you don't get a look in. I've been sending off CVs to UK based agencies for the last month or so and some of them don't even have the courtesy to reply to emails. But don't worry (if any of you are reading here) I've got a little list and the next time I'm recruiting I know where my business is going. Funnily, at 43 I got lots of interest.

The only interview I've had so far is through a newspaper add and I got the impression at the interview that they hadn't read my application properly so maybe they didn't realise how old I was,

cheers

Phil Received on Thu Nov 07 2002 - 05:54:37 CST