> less than ideal resume I don't see how it's "less than ideal" to end a contract job when the contract's up; even if it's contract-to-hire. And I don't see h

> less than ideal resume I don't see how it's "less than ideal" to end a contract job when the contract's up; even if it's contract-to-hire. And I don't see how a 3-month lacuna in your resume makes it "less than ideal". I took four years out when my kids were small. Oh, I worked - I learned new languages, burnished my skills, and made a little money selling some software I had written; but on my resume, it looked like I'd taken a 4-year holiday, which I'd dressed-up badly as some kind of freelance work. FWIW, I'm not a good programmer either, despite having spent most of my career programming. I'm fine with a block of code, or a module; but beyond a certain level of complexity, I don't seem to be able to produce clear designs. Didn't stop me getting jobs.