Re: Delphi as a Career Choice in the United States

From: Kirk Halgren (khalgren_at_sti.nasa.gov)
Date: 10/06/04 

Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 10:51:31 -0400

"Captain Jake" <johnjac76@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:41630522@newsgroups.borland.com...
> "Dennis Landi" <nada@nada.com> wrote in message
> news:4162fe14$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
> > Jake,
> >
> > Kevin has given you the best advice you will ever get in this NG.
> >
> > I fear that if you don't release the NewsReader this year, you never
> > will....
>
> Now I am in a real quandary. My wife just this afternoon told me she
thinks
> maybe I ought to set the newsreader aside for a while and do something in
> .NET so I can get a job doing .NET, since that is where all the jobs are.
>
> I probably should have mentioned that I have three whole months before I
> need a new income source. I'm salaried and insured through the end of the
> year. If I can't get the newsreader, a .NET project, or both, done within
> that time, then I will have proved myself a true slacker.

Hi, Jake,
Are you factoring in the energy and sense of accomplishment you will
generate after finishing the newsreader?

Kirk Halgren

"Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spacecraft... and the
 only one that can be mass produced with unskilled labor."
 -- Werner von Braun

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