Staying up to date...

Since the technologies constantly keep evolving, I've started to read up on books regarding these new technologies. I've ordered the following book on Amazon.com to keep up regarding the latest ASP.NET technologies, "Professional ASP.NET 3.5 In C# and VB".

This "little" book contains 1600 pages about the .NET 3.5 technology for ASP.NET pages. I hope to get through it at a reasonable pace and understand what's beeing discussed in it. I don't foresee much problems with it, because it's in my field of interest and I really wish to devote myself to the .NET technologies.

During my interview with Digipoint (that's http://www.digipoint.be for those interested) I learned that .NET 4.0 is already in the make and that I appear to be running behind reagrding technologies. This only motivates me to learn the technologies faster and keep up to date regarding the .NET framework.

This book however is not enough for me. There's alot more technologies from the .NET framework that I wish to learn. Silverlight, Sharepoint and WPF to name a few. I know roughly what to expect with these technologies and what they're for, but the finer details currently elude me due lack of experience. I hope to start reading up on those books pretty soon so I can use this knowledge in future jobs and job interviews.

Lack of Motivation....

Was my latest anwser that I recieved from a job interview.
Do these people actually understand what they're talking about?

How in god's name can i have a lack of motivation? I'm currently unemployed and activly seeking a new job. Do they think I enjoy beeing unemployed? They think this is a game?
Do they even understand that they're playing with people's futures?

Get more experience, get more motivation, you lack the knowledge, you don't have the required skills for .NET, C++, Java and whatever other programming languages.
How the fuck do the people get experience in something if they're not hired, not selected for a job, NOT EVEN GIVEN A CHANCE?

Recruitment is a messed up business. It's no longer about bringing the right person to the job, it's just about who can make the most money for the company.

I've had it with this crap really.

Solliciations and interviews

Right,

here we go again. Same story...different company.
Last week I went on interview with several companies. Now the phonecalls and emails start comming in again for the results of those interviews.

Result : I'm sorry you were not successful due lack of experience.

I mean, why the hell do people ask me to come over for a job interview in the first place if they have my CV to check up on my past experiences? Driving around costs me time and money, and as an umployed person that's something I really can't afford to spent.

So to all those recruitment agencies out there, and HR departments. Please read the CV's of your candidates and don't play games with them by inviting them over and then denying them due lack of experience. It's in the CV, bloody read it !