[ajug-members] ajug, (good)interesting experience...

[mcdaniel]

good stuff there at ajug... -i smiled inside...
i'm a one-year java/oop programmer as i understand procedural 
programming for a while- i was at the ajug last evening/night and was at 
the eat-ery before-hand, i spoke with nice/helpful people there 
(thanks).  i need help (i think)- i just passed java2 for programmers at 
a local tech school- via, they used this product: learnkey.com [ 
http://www.learnkey.com/Java2_for_Programmers ]- with an above 80% grade 
(which 'only' means i can 'tell' (some)one  /*casting*/ or 'do' 
fair/basic java stuff)... at any rate- i like who/what i learned-about 
last evening, and wanted to say the following-

i can get interviews but can not get hired because the chicken came 
before the egg, i mean the egg came before the chicken

hire? no-experience; experience? no-hire...
-at rate(any)...
i liked the man that spoke, and i think the word 'vehicle' should be the 
class for 'water', 'land', or 'air' as the type-of-shipping (as 
boat/submarine, plane/helicopter , or truck/van/train)- shoot, there's 
more categories (already...); however, i played it safe (as the 
person-type that the speaker spoke-about) and said nothing- until the 
end... (project-clean'up/project-pre'execution/what-ever-the-term(s)); 
thanks, i learned/was-able-to-understand-larger-issues from my time 
spent; also, i was the one asking the question about interfaces which 
lead to the bomb discussion [from the response(s)] from a few weeks ago-

humor, maybe? (below):

the interface is java's dynamic programming...-cast everything in a 
switch/case

i'm a php/mysql (ish) becomming java/flat-file/home-grown

i'm asking-for, i guess... if one can give (if you have the time) 
advise/comments for-getting-hired-via career change... 

http://ofig.org/it

sincerely, -barclay