Jeffrey Hartmann's profile answers

Past employers seemed to enjoy my sense of humor and my diligence.

Being There

"As long as the roots are not severed, all is well. And all will be well in the garden."

An opportunity to learn, grow, create and communicate.

I would prefer a role in the background, as I seldom felt comfortable about being the "face" or the "voice" of an organization. On the other hand, were it my own organization I might feel differently.

I admire anyone who can do whatever positive thing that I cannot seem to bring myself to do. My heroes are those who actually teach me how it is done -- and do so with patience and understanding.

Such sites strike me as becoming less about "social networking" and more about celebrity and corporate self-promotion. They are fun when you want to find out about other people, but I often found such attention unrequited there. Frankly I need more convincing that such sites will help my career in any significantly positive way.

Regardless, in March of 2008 I decided to give Facebook a chance. So far I am still learning what to say and do there.

Meanwhile I have been lured to other professional networking sites such as LinkedIn....

I had always hoped to become a writer -- a newspaper columnist like Mike Royko, a novelist like Kurt Vonnegut, a screenwriter like Preston Sturges, a film critic like Roger Ebert.

After paying my debts, finding a permanent home of my own and resolving a few family matters, I would like to see where the money that I do not need would help the most people. At this point I feel that I ought to save myself first so that I could be in any position at all to help others.

What I learned along the way at Cenveo was Website development itself. At Cenveo I started as a data-entry temp managing documentation about Y2K compliance which companies would send each other as the millennium approached. One day I mentioned that I knew a little HTML. On June 15, 1999, I was hired permanently as a Website developer, wherein all that I now know about Active Server Pages (from "classic" ASP to ASP.NET) I learned entirely on the job. My position became permanent for eight years until Cenveo eliminated the position on June 15, 2007....

My preference is a role that is in keeping with the fields that I have studied (writing, film, related subjects). Sadly thus far I have never been able to attract such work and therefore I have found difficulty in keeping up with such fields.

Nevertheless I believe that my skills as a Website developer are adaptable to many industries.

I prefer work that allows me to utilize and develop my creative and critical thinking skills.

I am also looking for a salary that is at least comparable (if not competitive) with the salary I had at my previous situation....