[dba-Tech] Resume / CV Advice Sought

Maybe even offer to look at their software as well, if they need something
better maybe a trade off, they learn you the art of roasting for a more
efficient software application ????

Paul


On 18 March 2014 15:49, Tydda Jon - Lonza Slough <jon.tydda at lonza.com>wrote:

> Hi Arthur
>
> I would write just that in a letter to them - explain that you've got 30
> years experience in IT, but that you've retired now, and want to pursue an
> ambition, now that you have time on your hands. It never hurts to ask...
>
>
> Jon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:
> dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 3:32 PM
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: [dba-Tech] Resume / CV Advice Sought
>
> As regular listers will know, a while back I declared myself Semi-Retired.
> But now I want to try something radically new.
>
> Since I was about 15, I have been a coffee drinker. Since I was about 30,
> I slowly matured into a coffee aficionado. I know instantly the difference
> between, say, a Guatemalan coffee and a Kenyan -- hell, that's too easy --
> I can discern a Guatemlan from a Salvadorean. And I know some if not most
> of the lingo that coffee aficionados employ; it's similar to the vocabulary
> of wine lovers. One tiny exception is that in coffee, "acidy" is a good
> thing (to most but not all palates).
>
> Anyway, I have decided to realize an ambition on my Bucket List, to wit,
> to learn the art of coffee roasting, and to obtain a job performing this
> magic. There are several companies in Toronto that perform this art. I'm
> willing to go through the motions of learning to become a barista, but that
> at most would be a step toward my real goal.
>
> I dug out a few versions of my resume, which list in varying degrees of
> detail my 30+ years' experience writing software, mostly database-oriented.
> None of this experience is in any way related to my new Bucket List item,
> to become a coffee roaster. In this field I have no experience other than
> the consumption of vast amounts of coffee from numerous nations, and such
> knowledge as "espresso is neither a bean nor a drink, but a roast, which
> can be performed upon almost any type of bean."
>
> Even of the back story. My question is, How should I pitch myself to the
> one or three companies in Toronto that do their own roasting, and locally?
> (In case you wondered, Starbucks is not one of them, since they do their
> roasting not even in Canada, and the distance between roasting and selling
> is crucial to maintain the highest quality: distance and quality are
> inversely proportional.
>
> There's also an event-type called a Cupping, which to my knowledge none of
> the quality-coffee sellers in Toronto practice. This is very similar to a
> wine-tasting event; the participants do not swallow the coffees offered but
> savour them, rolling the mouthful around the tongue to appreciate the
> aspects of the taste (different parts of the tongue detect different
> aspects of the taste, and hence the need to roll the mouthful); then the
> mouthful is spit out as in wine-tasting. Since, to my knowledge, none of
> the three vendors to whom I'm considering applying for a gig, I would want
> to present Cuppings as a new marketing opportunity.
>
> So. How might I present myself as an aficionado with a serious desire to
> learn the art of roasting, and lacking any experience in this aspect of the
> business?
>
> Any suggestions shall be gratefully received.
>
> --
> Arthur
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