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Local user groups are a great way to meet people informally who are in the industry. I have personally never found work this way, but on numerous occasions I have seen others do just that. Plus attending these meetings will help plug those gaps you mentioned.
Recruiters, a good recruiter will find you a job.
I tell this to everybody I know in a situation similar to yours (not that uncommon) - get visual studio express, build a windows phone app in C#, publish it. Even if nobody downloads it, this is a great resume builder. If java/android is more your thing then go that route. What better way to address questions about competency in a language then to show you published an app in that language.
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I'm cleaning down an old laptop before handing it over to begin its new life. It is genuinely cathartic to uninstall some of this software (e.g. SQL Server 2005, Adobe... well, Adobe anything, HP Printer drivers galore...)
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You should definitely format it... 3 times... After any of those aforementioned softwares have touched a computer their smell lasts for long...
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May be it's just me. Youtube video here[^]
SFW
"Bastards encourage idiots to use Oracle Forms, Web Forms, Access and a number of other dinky web publishing tolls.", Mycroft Holmes[ ^]
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That was a very interesting video.
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Unfortunately, I had to endure this interview type show today where a guy talks to a couple of film personalities. It's an English language show. It's more or less similar to any other show. Something like those old guys on US TV interviewing people (I have no clue what their name is).
Although, my personal problem is when most of these actor try to do a US accent. Not entirely, but a few words which are extremely easy to pick up as an Indian. I don't get it. Why? Why on Earth would you do that? There is no globally accepted accent standard which we all have to adhere to. Phonetically, it is quite close to impossible to do it 100% accurate.
"Bastards encourage idiots to use Oracle Forms, Web Forms, Access and a number of other dinky web publishing tolls.", Mycroft Holmes[ ^]
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And this my friend, is known as show-off!
I don't understand why do they do that when Indian accent is neutral and in my opinion is the best! I like it more than any other accent! 
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Used to be a top-notch dev who frequented CP by the name of Michael Dunn [^] - looks like his last message of any kind was Sept 2011.
Today I read this[^]:
Quote: Dunn, a software engineer who has a concealed weapons permit and no prior convictions, was waiting in his car while his fiancée was buying snacks inside the gas station convenience store when he got into a verbal fight with Davis and his friends over the volume of their music.
While testifying in his own defense on Tuesday, Dunn said that he started shooting because he felt threatened when he thought he saw the barrel of a gun emerge from the back window as Davis allegedly started getting out of the Dodge Durango.
Say it ain't so Mike. Say it ain't so... 
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington
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Looking at the pics, this guy looks older than I think "our" Mike Dunn would be, but obviously, I don't know for sure.
I remember his website very well, which is odd because I think I last visited it 10 years back. I first learnt of Alyson Hannigan from his website (she stars in HIMYM, which quite a few of my friends and family watch).
Cheers,
विक्रम
"We have already been through this, I am not going to repeat myself." - fat_boy, in a global warming thread 
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I have met "our" Mike in person. The avatar he uses here is a fake. The picture of him in the news article is a dead ringer, so that must be him. Although I thought he lived in California, must have moved to Florida at some point in the recent past.
Oh how the great have fallen. Totally shocking to have that happen to him.
[EDIT]
Ok, I was just kidding.
"Our" Mike did use his real pic for his avatar, so the one in the news is not him.
[/EDIT]
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
modified 16-Feb-14 13:52pm.
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That's both scary and sad.
Edit: Joke icon.
"Bastards encourage idiots to use Oracle Forms, Web Forms, Access and a number of other dinky web publishing tolls.", Mycroft Holmes[ ^]
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honestly, i think, it´s all but legitimate to be kidding about it...
let´s ask the dead Teenager about his opinion...
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[all in all, i would be glad, if the "CP_Michael Dunn" is not the one mentioned in the News these days!!!]
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PJ Arends wrote: "Our" Mike did use his real pic for his avatar, so the one in the news is not him
 My heart did miss a few beats....
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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If you truly want to page him, you can use the new @Michael-Dunn feature. He will receive an email notification about being mentioned in a post.
Note: As far as I know, the email he receives will have your actual email address in the header. Clickety[^]
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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I did some digging up (read - Google), and the convicted Mr. Dunn seems to be from Florida. However, our Dunn is in Palo Alto, CA and these are just on two different ends of the US.
Additionally, I think our Dunn couldn't have 'aged' that rapidly. 
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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Mike Mullikin wrote: a top-notch dev who frequented CP by the name of Michael Dunn [^]
[memories]Ah, the C++ FAQ ...[/memories]
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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The jury deadlocked on the first degree murder charge but did find him guilty of the lesser offence of shooting with intent to cause harm or some such thing.
I am talking about the Mike Dunn who is not CP member.
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A young school boy called his dad during school hours and asked "Dad, can you pick me up?"
Dad: "What happened son?"
Boy: "The teacher pointed at me with a ruler and said 'At the end of the ruler is an idiot'"
Dad: "And then?"
Boy: "Asking 'which end' was obviously not the right thing to do"
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Shameel wrote: not the right thing to do
It was the only thing to do!
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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And, for transgenderite (born male) Karom, who married transgenderite (born female) Ekmaneekan, equally special was the fact their marriage could be recognized as legal in the Land of Smiles: [^]
Although Thai society is relatively tolerant toward same-sex couples, same-sex marriage is not legally sanctioned under the Thai laws. But the marriage of Mr. Karom and Ms. Ekmaneekan was easily registered at Nong Nooch Garden on Thursday, since officials said the lovers retain their birthday statuses as male and female, respectively. A refreshing story compared to the daily ping-pong-bomb/giant-firecracker/grenade/bullets injury/casualty statistics from the streets of Bangkok where the latest installment of the national political psychodrama street-theater is mired in a rather turgid third act with no deus ex machina in sight ... at the cost of great stress, and suffering, for many people, and great damage to the economy.
“But I don't want to go among mad people,” Alice remarked.
“Oh, you can't help that,” said the Cat: “we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.”
“How do you know I'm mad?” said Alice.
“You must be," said the Cat, or you wouldn't have come here.” Lewis Carroll
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BillWoodruff wrote: the daily ping-pong-bomb/giant-firecracker/grenade/bullets injury/casualty statistics from the streets of Bangkok
Might be coming soon to your hometown. I read in the 9 February Bangkok Post supplement (Sunday) a story about discussion of moving Yingluck's government to Chang Mai because of the disruption in Bangkok.
There was even some talk of succession of the North in the article dividing the current country into two independent states.
Could get interesting here in Issan.
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