Welcome to my 'Real' Resume
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Irreverent FAQs :-)
- Do you know anyone who can ....?
- Yes. Me.
- But we need someone who can really, really, ....
- Yes. Me.
- We need someone with 20 years Java experience.
- Too bad. Do the arithmetic. Plan ahead. Until then I am available.
- You seem to be more interested in using mainframes....
- I use the tools I'm supplied. I was at the employer who *chose* to
use mainframes for 13 years, at those who used otherwise for less time.
The acheivement areas on the conventional resume is approximately proportional
to the amount of time various employeers needed work done.
- We need team players, not prima donnas.
- See the above answer. Team member, 13 years.
- But we don't .....
- Yes, I know you aren't designing a hypersonic space plane. In the mean time I'd like to earn a living, and I think you really have interesting work if someone explained it to you.
- Some of this stuff on your resume seems pretty glamourous.
- Some of the things that seem glamourous on paper are in fact the epitomy of tedium in real life, more a measure of ability to stick it through with the team plan to whatever final goal there is.
- All these skills seem dated.
- I've concentrated on the things I really use, and that seem most general, that is, what is able to solve the widest spectrum of problems, not what is trendy. If you have special needs, feel free to discuss them with me.
- Do you have experience with Object Oriented .....
- I've used OO programming when I found it appropriate, and it fits in with the employers's policies. To date, that has been once, in probably it's most simple form. Sometimes 'team playing' dictates the technology used.
- Your skill set doesn't match ....
- My real skill set is learning and understanding. This can ultimately smash through any solvable problem, and is not subject to the limitations of habitual behaviour.