[jmnicolas]

I guess the answer is "it depends" ... most of the time the first people that are going to screen you are not on the technical side, but more on the people side and if I understood you it's not your strong side.

I think the days of the awkward computer scientist are behind us. We're supposed to be both social and technical. Can someone help you work on your social skills ?

A little anecdote : I had a manager that was checking people by googling their email address. Once he showed me the Google search for a guy that applied for my position : the top 3 results were from sado-maso forums :-)

[hemling]

I don't think I lack social skills in particular, I'm easy to get along with and in all my jobs I (think) I made my bosses happy. What I lack is the selling part, the "explain what were your challenges in your last project and how did you solve them".