Looking for an apprenticeship

[jmatt]

Hi there. New to the group and new to Flex 3.

I have a rather unique situation and was wondering if anyone could
point me in the right direction.

After doing the middle management thing for the last 13 years, I have
decided to go back to my roots, programming. My formal training was
old school, procedural based stuff. I did some Paradox and C++
programming in the mid-nineties but have not coded since then.

I know, I am a dinosaur. But I am no dummy. I graduated fourth in my
class outta high school, studied computer science at Carnegie Mellon
on scholarship and went on to code an entire business suite as well as
develop the code that runs the NYC Transit Authority’s emergency
communication system. Since then I have managed a large staff, run my
own company, etc etc. Plenty of real world experience in a variety of
roles.

Anyhoo, I’m looking for a place to work. My preference is to develop
in a Flex 3 environment, maybe do some Java coding. I’ll be frank: I
have little experience in those languages.

So here is what I propose: I will work for free for a period of time
until I get up to speed. At that point, we can talk about a paid
position – or you can send me packing if I’m not up to snuff. I’m not
afraid to make such an offer because I’m a capable person, a quick
study and a hard worker.

I am located in the Allentown area but will consider reasonable
travel.

Anyone know of a Flex development house that might be open to such an
arrangement?

Thanks
John