So here I am begging for a job for the first time in over 10 years. It's a little strange but I've got my resume out there and already talking to a few people. God is good.

I've never liked working in sales which is probably why I don't like selling myself so much. I don't mind sales people trying to sell me stuff but I have always felt wrong when trying to sell - even if it's stuff people want.

For example: I worked for a while (a long time ago) in a mall computer shop. People would come in and look at the computers, speakers, and other goods. Often they would ask for advice or recommendation and I would do my best. What I found that worked for me was to simply demo the equipment. If someone wanted speakers I'd show them to top-of-the-line models that were quite expensive, then show them the low end that were cheap but only OK for sound quality. Then I'd show them the middle - reasonable quality for about $30.  I ended up selling a lot of those speakers and always marveled at the guys who could sell tons of the expensive ones and walked away with big commissions. I like to think I helped the customers better, though.

Selling vacuum cleaners door-to-door was worse. Trust me on this one.

So now I feel like the door-to-door salesman, pimping my product - which is me this time.

"Yo, baby! You looking for a one-night project? Maybe need to get your VoIP goin'? You know what I'm sayin'?"

Yeah, that's what it feels like.