Re: my career

[Robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

 > From: Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>
 > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:20:06 -0800 (PST)
 >
 > On Wed, 26 Jan 2011, Robert wrote:
 > > Date: 26 Jan 2011 12:55:43 -0800
 > > From: Robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>
 > > To: http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg
 > >
 > > Josh suggested that I think about going into QA.
 > 
 > does that mean you have to?

No.  I'm going to talk to the head of QA about what is available.

 > > I'm a bit worried that doing this will pidgeonhole me into "testing"
 > > rather than "software development".
 > 
 > is that bad on your resume?

Well, only if I want to do programming again.  At least, in most
circumstances.

 > > I'm contemplating the idea of looking for another job which may be closer
 > > to what I was working on before (data mining/machine learning), but I
 > > think this may be too risky until you find a stable job.
 > 
 > do recruiters call you with jobs like that?

I did get one a few weeks ago.