Boasting on your CV

[Fred Bloggs]

Then you must have one of the knowledges to which I eluded.

Lucky bugger, without them, getting a decent job is somewhat difficult IME.

tim

More in my case of having been around the block many times and seen it all before. When I apply for a project assignment there's a 90% chance that I can massage my CV to bring out exactly what the client wants without telling lies. There is often an advantage in engineering to having a few grey hairs which might not hold true in the world of IT.

[tim123]

More in my case of having been around the block many times and seen it all before.

well so have I,

But I still can't invent 3 years experience of 3GPP, XYZ video processing or whatever other "modern" buzz word it is that they want.

Unless you have security clearance, most weeks there are approximately zero jobs on offer in the UK that don't have one of these buzz words as a must (and I do mean as a must) have.

(Assuming you don't want a job doing "integrate the crap delivered by our offshore monkeys")

tim

[Fred Bloggs]

well so have I,

But I still can't invent 3 years experience of 3GPP, XYZ video processing or whatever other "modern" buzz word it is that they want.

Unless you have security clearance, most weeks there are approximately zero jobs on offer in the UK that don't have one of these buzz words as a must (and I do mean as a must) have.

(Assuming you don't want a job doing "integrate the crap delivered by our offshore monkeys")

tim

Indeed it seems IT and engineering are different then. Steam turbines haven't changed a lot in over 60 years But there are a lot less folk around who know anything about them

[tim123]

Indeed it seems IT and engineering are different then. Steam turbines haven't changed a lot in over 60 years But there are a lot less folk around who know anything about them

It used to be possible to jump technology in Engineering Software, but outsourcing put paid to that - there are 1000 Indians who have "whatever the client wants" and they are cheaper too.

tim