The Search For Work Continues
I’m still looking for any ColdFusion work at all. I had some back-and-forth with a company in the Netherlands but that fell through. And that pretty much sums up my entire list of opportunities since September. Right now I’m beginning a career in pizza delivery – a job that pays the bills for now but is ultimately unsatisfying.
This is new territory for me since I’ve never experienced an almost universally complete lack of response from any employers. Things must be really bad. Like… really really bad.
My writing on ColdFusion will probably slow now until I have professional cause to work with it again. Perhaps I should start another site where I discuss pizza at length. Perhaps not.
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I should think this would be the ideal time to post more on ColdFusion and Web Development. It seems like you have the time and it seems like the posting would show your capabilities and such to prospective employers.
Take some time to learn a framework, or learn CF9 or something else and blog it. I should think this would go a longer way towards finding a new IT job versus just going blog-silent.
DW
Do you have to work in ColdFusion? Do you mind working in different technologies say PHP? I’ve got a feeling you might find finding PHP jobs easier, you can do that temporarily until you find a CF role.
All the best with your job hunting.
First of all, HUGE thanks to everyone who’s responded so helpfully. My name has been passed on by you my readers (thanks always to ColdFusionBloggers) to various companies (sadly all of them in the U.S.A. which at the moment I am unable to qualify for due to citizenship constraints – I’m Canadian).
Secondly, you’re probably right – PHP does seem to be the mainstream choice. I will see what I can do in that regard but my PHP experience is more limited and it seems hard enough finding CF work I’m “experienced” enough for.
And lastly, you’re absolutely right – now is a great time to post more on CF and Web Dev. I suppose all I need is a pet project. Most of the neat stuff I learn is by accident alone in the process of creating something. Now to think of something to create…