todd endorses himself

By Todd Stadler · Tuesday, April 24, 2001 1:08am

In today's XML class, we learned about DTDs. But that's not important right now.

What made class interesting was that while I was learning this stuff for the first time along with most of the students, I was apparently picking it up faster than many of them. As such, a few of them started asking me for help when the teacher was helping someone else. The teacher noted this and encouraged me to help others when I could, since she was only to help one person at a time.

I guess really it's a big ego-stroke, being labelled as a student who is picking things up so well that he can double as a teaching assistant. After class, some of the older students were referring to me as some kind of wunderkind, for whom computers are a natural part of life.

I find this is a common response, but it doesn't account for the older people that do well at programming, or the younger people who don't understand it at all.

What's so odd about all of this is that some of the people I was helping in class said they worked with XML in their jobs. And here I am trying to find a job working with stuff like this, without any luck so far.

I would say it's ironic, but I haven't really been looking that hard, I guess.

So to all you people out there looking to hire a web developer (and I know there are tons of you - I can sense you), let this be a sign. I may not have your TLA of choice listed on my resume, but I learn quickly - something that is far more important than simple knowledge.

Now that you know, feel free to contact me and offer me a job. Thank you. Good night.