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ASP.NET
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C# 2.0
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Windows XP SP2
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We all know better.

>Yeah, and most of those people moved (and brought the attitude) to Austin.
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>Funniest thing tho, when I finally bit the bullet and dyed the hair I got hired for a job in San Antonio sight unseen. When that contract was running out, dyed the hair again to prep for face-to-face interviews and got hired for this job (in Plano, near Dallas) sight unseen.
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>But in Austin, particularly if you're female, if you've got gray hair then you're stupid and can't learn nuthin'.
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>>Forget the preconceived notions that others believe in as if it were a religion. Here in Silicon Valley they have told us for thirty years, “If you are over 40, nobody wants you”! There are companies that actually have that attitude but I avoid them!
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>>There are those “friends” that will tell you to forget looking for a job. Your are over the hill. You are of no value. Just do not believe them and stay around positive people. Looking for a job is a full time job in itself.
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>>Tom in "Lovely Silicon Valley"
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