Being put forward without all the skills

[milanbenes]

Ancient,

I'm sorry to say there a few a lessons here...

1, in the late 90's jack of all trades was what the clients wanted.
Today the clients want specialists, so specialism is the key and .Net is a good all round specialism to go for

2, From my experiences people with 30 years experience are a pain in the arse on any project why ?

Pedantic
Stuck in their ways
Not able to keep up with new technology
Not flexible and open minded to new approaches
Slow
Think they know more than the pm's
Bottom line, in any project avoid hiring the old guys
like the plague

Milan.

[MarillionFan]

Specialists

Milan is correct. The days of Jack of All Trades appears to have gone. Makes it a little more difficult for me as thats what I am.

To counter this I now have Role specific CVs.

1) MIS
2) BA
3) PM
4) SQL/Developer

With each one having the bias towards the technology I am familiar with.

Ie. Basic.

[milanbenes]

MF,

these three are the same...

1) MIS
2) BA
3) PM

ie - bullsh1tter

by the way how's the shop(s) doing ?

how many are there now ? did you take any more christmas leases ?

what about your regional manager how is he doing ?

Milan.

[malvolio]

Damn -I'm doing one thing right anyway: 35 years experience in two and a half pages...

[MarillionFan]

Retail

Has been grinding to a halt Milan.
I am going to contract for Xmas this year as opposed to opening another shop.

The shop will make a profit of about £25k for the year but takes too much of my time. But as I posted earlier I got stiched my the landlord on Bracknell for an extra £15k rent starting in nov, so I have decided to close it.

Been trying to buy freehold commercial property recently but didnt get them at the auctions I went for.

Retail. Its a little tricky to make any real money. The model stills says its OK, but its using too much of my time and you really need good staff.

How are your plans going?

[milanbenes]

Hi MF,

sorry I didn't see you previous replie(s).

Does that mean you are getting out of retail all together ?

My plan(s), there is only one plan b, it is going, but the milestone I
was expecting to achieve a month ago has slipped and at this stage
I will be happy if that milestone is achieved by the end of the year.

What does this mean, the project is going but has been held up due to more time needed for key negotiations - in the bigger picture the negotiational delay may not impact the overall project timescale as the main kick off will not be until spring anyway.

Most important part, I haven't given up my day job (.Net) to get plan be going, and plan b's first project is a practice for the future growth.

Milan.

[Xenophon]

I am oozing confidence and never fail an interview.

If you have never failed an interview then you are not trying hard enough / aiming high enough. Just my opinion.

[milanbenes]

MF,

"Been trying to buy freehold commercial property recently but didnt get them at the auctions I went for.
",

what kind of commercial property do you have in mind ?

Shops, offices, garages, industrial estate units ?

Milan.

[ancient]

Open Minded?

Ancient,

I'm sorry to say there a few a lessons here...

1, in the late 90's jack of all trades was what the clients wanted.
Today the clients want specialists, so specialism is the key and .Net is a good all round specialism to go for

2, From my experiences people with 30 years experience are a pain in the arse on any project why ?

Pedantic
Stuck in their ways
Not able to keep up with new technology
Not flexible and open minded to new approaches
Slow
Think they know more than the pm's
Bottom line, in any project avoid hiring the old guys
like the plague

Milan.

Milan

you make me laugh, you seem to be stuck in your way of not being open minded and can only espouse your generalist views based on little fact and bias. I had forgotton that you know it all.

He He

[Rebecca Loos]

HughGBanana: your synopsis is spot on as far as I'm concerned. That is exactly the way I go about it too. And it seems to work. I have only got 8 years work experience but I already find myself having to remove some of my contracts as I want the CV to be short and sweet and to the point.

It's like doing a 'best of' compilation, really!