Update!! Good news!! I got a job, at Xandros, in their build group, working with Linux (gotta get that Word in here <grin>). Pat Suwalski, who presented at OCLUG about the eeePC is apparently in the same group. Thanks for the great support from this list, and I'm sorry I didn't realize I was posting to the tech list, not the general list, where this discussion might have been a bit more appropriate. Rob -- Rob Echlin, B. Eng. Automation Delivers! http://talksoftware.echlin.ca Ottawa, ON 613-726-1159 ----- Original Message ---- From: Robert Echlin <ottawatreeguy [ at ] yahoo [ dot ] ca> To: linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 4:20:57 PM Subject: [OCLUG-Tech] Espial Layoffs Hi, guys, OK, this is embarassing. I show up at the meeting last week, with little leather pouch thingies, and advertise my company, and two guys even send me resumes, and now the company dumps 30% of the staff, including me. (takes deep breath after spewing all that in a single sentence) So I hope you guys really like the pouch thingies, cause that's about all the good that came of that. I still think that Espial is going places, but now that I'm not on board, I don't care as much. Job search summary: yep, I'm searching. Work I like and have experience at: - Software config management, - build systems, - scripting, - automation, - preference to Linux but I'm so good I can even write scripts on Other Operating Systems. "Applicable Acronyms" listed at my blog on this page: http://talksoftware.echlin.ca/node/20 Results so far: One phone call from a recruiter the day of the event - and he claims it was a coincidence. One possibility from each of two recruiters so far, and they have promised me interviews next week maybe. So anyway, see you guys around. Rob -- Rob Echlin, B. Eng. Automation pays! talksoftware.echlin.ca Ottawa, ON 613-726-1159 Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail. Click on Options in Mail and switch to New Mail today or register for free at http://mail.yahoo.ca _______________________________________________ Linux mailing list Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux Get a sneak peak at messages with a handy reading pane with All new Yahoo! Mail: http://mail.yahoo.ca