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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lisa A. Roth
> Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 2:13 PM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Cc: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Re: Employment Advice needed!
>
> ... Perhaps a good place to start would be volunteering to do
> some writing
> for an cause that interests you or by taking a job at a non-profit
> organization...
Hi Kirk,
As a follow-up to Lisa's excellent advice, check out http://sourceforge.net/people/. By volunteering to document SourceForge
projects, you can build up a respectable portfolio of real-life projects.
Your SourceForge portfolio will then help you get some *paying* jobs.
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