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- moldero0
pillhead, i was in the same situation in '03 my pops had a bad stroke, and I had to take a break from work for a couple of years to help him recover, i hear you with the it being a full time job, it really can be, the physical therapy at the VA was a bloody joke... hes still in bad shape today but he is stable enough where he can semi take care of his self, cant cook or prepare food for himself at all. the stroke was bad enough for him to leave him permanently in a codependent position, sucks because before his stroke he was a feisty little Filipino superintendent in construction helping build the new chain of bart stations in the bay area, now hes reduced to a super passive personality watching tv with occasional walks in the park when i can manage to drag him out. sucks. props/respect to you pilly ive known people to just say f'it leaving it to the system to take care of their parents when they were fully capable of doing it themselves but choosing not to.
as for your portfolio, check this out, I was a PC guy during this whole thing with my dad, so i designed my portfolio this one time with CSS instead of going my usual flash route and with a PC, didnt think to test my sites functionality with a mac or its browsers (i was a flash guy, didn't cross my mind), so i get an interview, land the job, oh crap they use macs here, gotta adjust, so few weeks in my new job I had a few minutes so i went to my site to check it out, the crap didn't even work on a mac, it did kinda, but it looked like complete and utter shit, and the entire company were using macs, so this whole time i thought my portfolio landed me the gig when it was just the interview. your portfolio is good, you do have the eye, maybe a bit dated with your logo but its cool, shows you've been in the game when pinning your pants was in style (jk) ive worked with people whos portfolios were complete shite, and they were also complete shite, 1 girl freelanced in house next to me making $90/hr everything about her work sucked. you can get a good gig with your folio as it is, just keep interviewing, its tough for a lot of people right now so dont take it personal, just take it slow and keep your chops up.
:)