Re: Advice for mid-life career change (to programming)

"Walter" <walter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Duane Bozarth" <dpbozarth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Tony wrote:
>> > "Walter" <walter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> > > That's the way to do it. Potential employers are going to google for
> your
>> > > name, not your email address. Make sure it's the same spelling as on
> your
>> > > resume - "Tony" on one and "Anthony" on the other won't work.
>> > You know, checking it out - I don't know if it will help much.
>> It won't. First of all, I would expect only a minute fraction of
>> potential employers will google for the name of applicants at all.
>
> A lot (most?) of employers won't check your references, either. The smart
> ones will, though. And I'd rather work for a smart one <g>.

At the moment, I'd rather work for ANY employer. I'll work on getting a
smart one later!

Seriously - I just want to get to work, first. I can build on that as I gain
some "corporate" experience.



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