[NTLUG:Discuss] Job Searching

[Daniel Hauck]

Those figures are easily misleading if there is any truth to it at all.

2:1 jobs?  I don't think so.  And we all know that the general
classification of "techie" only makes sense to non-techie people.  What kind
of "techie" am I?  What kind are you?  Are you a programmer techie?  An
administrative techie?  A support techie?  Clearly, all fields have dropped
in demand, but some are lower than others.  I am hopeful, however, due to
several world events that may shift things within the next six months:

1. The Microsoft thing is nearing a close and public opinion of Microsoft is
dropping rapidly with Nimda, Code Red and a ton of scripting viruses all
hitting the news plus a few that haven't yet.  Microsoft is predicted to go
the way of IBM in favor of more 'generic providers.'
2. War on 'terrorism' may soon become war on Afghanistan and possibly even
Pakistan if a predicted coup takes place there will lead to more jobs for
me... younger "techies" will be pulled into battle leaving jobs vacant and
in need of some of these "older" [read: outdated] techies.

<OT_Rant> Does "War on Terrorism" sound too similar to "War on Drugs" to
you?  They're chasing an uncatchable ghost.  Even if Bin Laden were captured
and/or martyrized (is that a word? no, I don't intend any connection with
dry cleaning either) there's still a thousand other terrorists out there.
Hell, Linux users could be called terrorists if SSSCA goes through...
</OT_Rant>

Maybe it's "off-color" to make positive economical statements in connection
with military escalation... I dunno, but it's a reality that can't be
ignored.

Oh yeah, I need a job too... anyone wanna add my resume to a bank of other
resumes out there?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Zabel" <tzabel at cowtown.net>
To: <discuss at ntlug.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 8:30 PM
Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Job Searching


> 2 jobs for each techie looking?  Where?
>
> I'm an embedded real time software engineer with UNIX and some Linux
> experience.  I was laid off from a small telecom equipment company in
> August.  So far, no interviews ANYWHERE.  What little interest has been
> shown in my background has been from outside the DFW area.
>
> So, while things were clearly much better 18 months ago, I didn't
> believe then (and don't now) that there were 10 jobs for any of us
> looking then.  Now it's more likely that there are more techies looking
> than there are jobs - though that condition probably won't last more
> than another few months.
>
> Tom Zabel
> Dallas, TX
>
>
> Greg Edwards wrote:
> >
> > ndr wrote:
> > >
> > > I was wondering if someone could let me know what the current
environment
> > > for tech jobs in the Dallas and surrounding area is like. I am
currently
> > > living in Kansas City and will be laid off in about a month. My
girlfriend
> > > lives in Dallas and I wanted to find a job in the area. The 7 hour
drive
> > > from KC gets a little tedious at times :)
> > >
> > > I have 4-5 years of diverse and solid Unix Sys Admin experience. I can
> > > provide a copy of my resume if anyone is interested :)
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> >
> > I can't say what's available today but while things definitely have
> > slowed down the market is still active.  Many areas of the job market
> > are really hurting in the DFW area but the high tech industry seems to
> > still be holding its own.  Where 18 months ago there were 10 jobs for
> > every techie looking I say that today there are at least 2 jobs for
> > every techie looking.  But then again Alcatel just rolled out a big
> > layoff this week.
> >
> > Good luck.
> >
> > --
> > Greg Edwards
> > New Age Software, Inc.
> > http://www.nas-inet.com
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