Comment Re:That's not how the world works, thankfully. (Score 1) 466
I'm excellent at learning new stuff as I go. And at problem solving, critical thinking, creative solutions. However, I never get the chance to prove this, as I never get the chance to even interview. No call backs from resume submissions. Very little feedback from anyone. One recruiter did say that her boss saw my resume, and said "oh he's a real jack-of-all-trades", with a harumph, and then walked off. I have worked on a myriad of different projects in different industries, from semiconductor fabrication (and writing automated test scripts for the test machines) to Hollywood props (wearable technology, worn by some high-profile performing artists, during the Superbowl no less!). Perhaps the super-serious industry engineers see the Hollywood stuff and get mad and can't take me seriously? While simultaneously the entertainment-types see me as too boring, serious, should-work-a-regular-job-at-some-corporate-office-park type of guy? I honestly don't know. The question is: will switching to programming allow me to be able to get a job, ANY KIND of paying job, even if it pays not that much? One can only be out of work for so long...