Surely actual  jobs in smalltalk any spelling are very few and far 
between and Daniel would be better by
far concentrating on something more commercial (VB, C++, Java) perhaps 
someone could advise Daniel on what realistic job would provide the best 
background for a smalltalk person.
I mean those of you who hire people are looking for something.
No one is Born with smalltalk experience (perhaps they are?)
The underlying problem may be that no one on this list is in a position 
to hire anyone.
It was a bit naff though. No one enjoys being out of work and people are 
losing their jobs every day.
Anyone could be in the same position if the global economy does not 
recover.

On Wednesday, August 8, 2001, at 11:58  pm, Aaron wrote:

> On Wednesday, August 8, 2001, at 06:22 PM, Phil Weichert wrote:
>
>> I think Daniel Joyce submitted a sincere request for help and 
>> suggestions on
>> finding employment.  Ned Konz made a tactless, thoughtless, and 
>> tasteless
>> comment: "Step 1: Learn to spell Smalltalk correctly."   The "t's" 
>> have been
>> further amplified by the following discussion on the correct spelling 
>> of
>> Smalltalk. This is a major waste of bandwidth and subscribers time. A 
>> lot of
>> people must really have a lot of time to waste.
>>   How to spell sMALLtALK does not contribute anything to Daniel 
>> request for
>> suggestions on finding employment.
>
> It may not mean Daniel isn't a competent designer and coder, but it may 
> look bad when applying for jobs.  Spelling it wrong would give the 
> recruiter or whoever else is doing the interviewing a bad impression, 
> an impression that alludes to the fact that maybe you don't know much 
> Smalltalk, if you can't even get the spelling correct.
>
> Again, it says nothing definitive about a person's actual skill and 
> expertise, but it shows the person has been around long enough for him 
> to be corrected by the rest of the Smalltalk community, which spells it 
> in the "correct" way.
>
> Likewise, if I were interviewing someone who walked in and greeted me 
> as Aaron Reichert, I would most likely think him somewhat of a dolt 
> that he couldn't get the spelling of my name right.
>
> At the same time, if we're not talking jobs, who cares? :)  The 
> business world means business, even if it's trivial things.
>
> Aaron
>
>
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