I have applied for several positions at GD and been trumped by inside movers. Or just never contacted. The market is hard rite now - I have been looking for a year and a half without any luck - two degrees, a half dozen certs, and 15 years of experience and I can't find a thing. So I understand. To that end - if you want them I have an old dell desktop that is dead slow (I belive due to a bad IDE controller) and a 19inch monitor that is a bit fuzzy but still OK. But you need to have your own transport to pick them up. On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 12:34 PM, keith smith wrote: > Hi Tim, > > Sorry to hear about your situation. What I can offer is that Godaddy is > always looking for tech support. Worked there a while back for about a > year. Was interesting and they did not treat their tech support folks very > good back then. I have a developer friend that works at Godaddy and he says > they treat the developers good. > > So the bottom line is it is a job and it pays well enough. If you can > learn to sell you can make a few extra bucks. And Bob Parsons likes to give > away a lot of stuff. > > That would be my suggestion for anyone down on their luck or trying to kick > start their tech career. > > I see you have a yahoo email address. Did you know you can use the > computers in the library while you are waiting for a replacement or upgrade? > > ------------------------ > Keith Smith > > --- On *Tue, 6/15/10, Tim Bogart * wrote: > > > From: Tim Bogart > Subject: New in Town and Sinking Fast... > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > Date: Tuesday, June 15, 2010, 12:22 PM > > > Hello Fellow Penguins, > > My name is Tim Bogart. And I'm in need of some friends right now. I am a > long time Linux supporter and I need some help. > > I have been in Phoenix off and on now for the last 14 months. I have been > out of work for 7 of them. I have a toshiba laptop that has just bit the > dust. The hard drive seems to have gone south on me, and the cd drive > hasn't worked since I bought the machine used in South Carolina a year and a > half ago. > > I need a machine to stay connected to the web and get a job. I work Dice, > Careerbuilder, Monster, Indeed Jobing.com and jobfox, but can't do anything > without a computer. > > I have very limited funds. I have a good samaritain who is letting me > sleep on her couch right now and keeping a roof over my head. Food is my > own responsibility. So, my life functions are okay, and I am in good > health, and don't need money. But, without a computer, I'm screwed. > > I need somebody to donate a hard drive or a cd-rom to me to get things > working here so I can get on the job boards and find work. I just don't > have the money to go and get a new hard drive. Maybe I could do a network > install somehow? I don't know. I'm open to suggestions. Another thing I > just found out is that I can't use the computers at the library without a > local library card, and I can't get one of those without an electric bill or > something else to prove to the library that I am a local person. Apparently > they don't trust the DMV because while I've been here I have gotten my > vehicle registered in Arizona and have turned my WV drivers license in for > an AZ license. Oh well. > > Anyway, if anybody has any ideas or is in a position to help me, please > call me on my cell phone at 281 450 2763. Any and all suggestions are > welcome. Oh, and BTW... the lady who is letting me sleep on her couch has > made it clear that using her computer is definately not a permanent option, > so if you have a suggestion, or can help...call. Sending me an email will > result in the suggestion sitting there until I can somehow get on a computer > again. Maybe somebody out there has enough parts laying around to cobble > something together or help me do it. > > Thanks ever so much, everybody. > > Tim Bogart > > Want to read about a couple of my contributions? > > (Yes, I'm the guy who started the OS presence at FOSE in DC.) > > http://linux.slashdot.org/story/00/04/21/1044236/Linux-And-The-G-Men-FOSE-2000?art_pos=7 > > I'm also published ... > http://www.informit.com/library/content.aspx?b=red_hat_linux7&seqNum=4 > > > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >