On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 08:27:45 GMT, Gunner
wrote:

You see lots of things through your biased glasses. I find it
interesting that you can make such sweeping proclamations about my off
net character, skills and personality based solely on your
disagreements with me on the internet.

?????? Perhaps you didn't get the joke. Regardless, you seem to be
claiming that even though you write thousands of posts per year,
you're surprised that I'd glean any truth from them. Earth to Gunner -
you write about your *life* in great detail. My opinions are based on
that.

Just out of curiosity..what does it take to be self employed in a
starving industry with plenty of competition for the same work orders?

If being self-employed was the same as being successfully
self-employed then we wouldn't be having this discussion.

That's how I went from a part timer to manager of a company with 3
offices and 170+ employees, one eagerly scarfed up by a major corp.

Let me guess.... for one thing you weren't spending as much time on
Usenet during that period?

resume? Which one was that? Ive sent you my official resume? Do I
have your fax number? Snail mail addy? Were you hiring? Which part
mentioned requiring moving expenses from an employer?

I said pseudo resume. You wrote about your background and skills,
listed every negative thing about your life, and challenged a couple
different people to show you a job offer that took into account your
inability to pay for moving expenses. Perhaps I should have called it
a pseudo anti-resume. :-) This group would be a great place to
spread the word that you'd entertain offers. No limitations on what
you can say for instance. Seems like it would be better to talk about
how you'd bust your ass for an employer, rather than focus on what you
*can't* do. Maybe you're on to something though with the alternative
approach.... let us know how it works out.

Or are you simply blowing smoke out your ass in copious quantities,
yet again?

A good example of what *not* to do when networking IMO, bluster away
at a guy who with a single phone call could get you an immediate trial
at a better job. No chance of that obviously, but there might be
others reading the thread who are in the same position. You could try
giving them a reason to want to pick up the phone.

Another thing you might consider - sometimes advice from either your
foils or your best friends is going to be the same. Regular friends
enjoy reading your propaganda, and they'll encourage you to keep it up
even as the Marshall is nailing a legal notice on your door. Your
*best* friends on the other hand will jerk that chair out from under
you and tell you to make some changes.

Wayne