Starting Fresh

Hi,

Programe something. Do it for a charity. It will give you experience and look great on a CV. It'll also make you feel good about what you're doing!

If you cant afford to not be working then you'll just have to try to get any old job (hopefully programming) while you're doing it.

Cheers,
Tim.

Create a few small to medium size application programs. Select something that solves a problem that you think has wide interest.

Setup a web page offfering your programs as a combination of freeware, and shareware.
Get your software listed on afew of the download sites.
Add the rateings and comments to your resume.

Ask your family and friends to find out if there are any such openings that they know of. What would really help is if you had a personal contact from within a company you want to go to. You need management to realize that even though you don't have that much experience with VB and SQL, you do have a degree which proves you understand logic. You can learn any language you want and make it work. Of course, you'll have to find a company that is willing to be a little patient since you'll havea bit of a learning curve, though not much because if you have a degree, you probably used C or C++, in which case the transition to VB is a breeze (been there, done that).

As stated by one of the other responses, Look for a small company who has a problem or need that you might be able to solve in exchange for services. (Barter System) This will give you some experiance and also a starting point that might lead to a side business if the product you develop solves the problem and is marketable.
Make sure you have an understanding with the company that the product is yours or that they will market it and you will support it. other wise they are paying (even in trade) and the rights are theirs.

Apply for the job anyway.

There is nothing that says that the job listing has to exactly match the qualities of the candidate that will ultimately be selected. In your resume stress your programming experience and skill sets independent of each other. Example,

- Two years programming experience at ABC Inc and DEF org.

- Languages: Cobol, VB, SQL

The resume exists to get you an interview. In the interview stress your new-found love for VB. Be ready to prove that you have the aptitude for OO design and not just that you know how to write in VB syntax. As I was told many years ago, "Bad Fortran can be written in any language."

As of now information is all in the internet and most people even they are not programmer they can easily grab the answers to the problem. For me the best thing to do is to practice yourself being an expert programmer because practice makes perfect.....if there will be an oppurtunity someday or sometimes I assure you will be accepted to the job and just be patient and learn more learn what you can add up to improve yourself. There is always a saying . . . . Practice makes perfect. Information is all in the Internet you just have to find it where is it. Hope this help a bit.

Cheers,

Mel Arquiza
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