The second week of my job search was full of negative responses, with one positive response to lift the darkness.  The positive response was from a team in Windows Server, building a pretty cool new product.  Since this was an app, rather than a game, I was much more qualified for this job.  It was also almost exclusively C#, while many of the other positions were C++.  I’m much more familiar with C# than C++.

One of the positions was eliminated, and of the others, all the no’s were because I was lacking specific experience.  In my opinion, that’s nothing to feel bad about, it’s just a limitation of that catch-22.  There are steps I can take to get past the catch-22, and I plan to do so, but it takes time.

I had a great informational with the Essential Business Server team, and I’m expecting to have a loop scheduled at some point.

One of the game teams I applied for (Project Natal) asked for copies of my reviews, and sent me a coding challenge.  The coding challenge was a lot of fun, as it dealt with game-specific topics.  Again, I’m not really qualified for that job, so it’s a long shot.

Other than those, I’m just waiting for responses from the hiring managers.