[AccessD] Getting Desperate - Apologies for the OT message

Christopher Hawkins clh at christopherhawkins.com
Fri Aug 15 11:26:55 CDT 2003


Drew,

"Quick question about ASP skills. Do you use VB .dll's with ASP, or
just plain ASP?"

I have used VB .dlls in some ASP apps.  Most of the projects I get
aren't sufficiently complex to justify them, though, so I usually
don't.  

-C-

---- Original Message ----
From: DWUTKA at marlow.com
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com, 
Subject: RE: [AccessD] Getting Desperate - Apologies for the OT
message
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 23:50:40 -0500

>I'll pass your resume along, hopefully my 'contact' has contacts in 
>CA.
>
>Quick question about ASP skills.  Do you use VB .dll's with ASP, or 
>just
>plain ASP?
>
>Drew
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Christopher Hawkins [mailto:clh at christopherhawkins.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 11:15 PM
>To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
>Subject: RE: [AccessD] Getting Desperate - Apologies for the OT 
>message
>
>
>Hi, Drew.  I'm located in Visalia, CA.  It's somewhat in the middle
>of the state, about an hour north of Bakersfield.
>
>My resume is here:  www.christopherhawkins.com/clhResume.htm
>
>To summarize, I've been developing in Access and SQL since 1996, VB
>since version 3.0, and in recent years have done work in classic ASP
>and Oracle 7.3 and up for Fortune 500 firms.  The past 5 years have
>been a 50/50 split betwen coding and leading teams.  The past 6
>months have seen me doing a series of short contracts, mostly Access
>work but also some project management.
>
>-C-
>
>
>---- Original Message ----
>From: DWUTKA at marlow.com
>To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com, 
>Subject: RE: [AccessD] Getting Desperate - Apologies for the OT
>message
>Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 21:45:02 -0500
>
>>Not crass at all.  Asking for work to come your way is definitely a
>>developer's topic!!!!
>>
>>Don't start throwing a party, but lately I have been inundated with 
>>contract
>>work.  I also keep an eye on the locals, and an ear to the ground.  
>>I don't
>>have anything right now, but I have had to turn stuff down in the 
>>last few
>>weeks.  Nothing MAJOR, but some of it steady work for a few months. 
> 
>>Most of
>>the stuff I have to turn down is local though, but even if it 
>isn't, 
>>I don't
>>know who to contact since most jobs want someone local if they 
>>haven't
>>worked with them before.
>>
>>So where are you at, and can you send me your resume.  (It doesn't 
>>need to
>>be full blown one. Just let me know what you know.....).
>>
>>Drew
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Christopher Hawkins [mailto:clh at christopherhawkins.com]
>>Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 4:32 PM
>>To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
>>Subject: [AccessD] Getting Desperate - Apologies for the OT message
>>
>>
>>First off, I apologize for such a blatantly OT message, but I just
>>don't know where else to turn.  
>>
>>6 months ago, I bought a house.  Three weeks later, I was laid off. 
>>Ouch.  Dribs and drabs of contract work have come in, but I'm so far
>>out of any major tech market that there are not enough contract jobs
>>or W2 jobs available within commutable distance.  
>>
>>I'm making an appeal to any among you who may find yourself in the
>>enviable positon of having more work offered than you can handle, or
>>who may have knowledge of projects that are staffing up.  I'm 
>looking
>>for a chance to subcontract, a referral, and outright assignment -
>>anything that gets the revenue train going again.
>>
>>I know this is crass, but if I have to take the initiative and beg
>>for work to keep my family fed and housed, I'll beg!
>>
>>Anyone with work or leads, feel free to contact me offline -
>>clh at christopherhawkins.com.
>>
>>Thank you.
>>
>>-Christopher Hawkins-  
>>
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