[NTLUG:Discuss] Hi, all

[Paul Drew]

I rather like living here, and I am afraid that yes the tech sector is 
rather in sore shape, but more-over I feel that it's more in a state of 
repair. It will in fact come back but much slower, and dilligently with 
lessons learned from past mistakes, and complete flops. As in any new 
business, things are great till everyone figures out there is lots of money 
to be made.

Way too many poeple came in with certifications, and not alot to back them 
up and that hurts everyone, and depreciates our worth, and credibility. 
Everyone jumped into the tech scene startups, old businesses etc. There are 
no well founded business logics, and practices that can help to a company 
succeed. Most cases are trial and error with survival of the best prepared 
and managed.

Most of those who couldn't hang or chose not too when it gets tough will be 
filtered out to allow for growth. It was overkill too fast with everyone 
anticipating huge revenues, and growth. The growth potential was in fact 
there, but everyone saw it and jumped in to grab their portion, and that 
growth flattened into nothing with it being spread out everywhere.

With that stagnant growth companies had to make cuts, and changes to 
survive. Whats happened was that alot of them could NOT survive, and thus 
died. That tech work was lost in most cases but the customers they were 
trying to please in most cases did NOT go away. Those customers who are 
still left with needs to fulfill are now going to those who did survive, and 
make smart business decision. The trick is getting those customers back 
sooner rather than later.

As an industry Internet wise things are recovering, but it is a long road 
and things need to be carefully calculated by companies. Which is why you 
see the slow growth because people are afriad of over commiting, and clients 
are afraid of getting let down again. Time is the medicince for our wounds. 
Just the real question is if you choose to stick around for the benfits of 
it. :)

I love the work to much to leave right now but I am honestly very lucky that 
my company has done well. 8 years in the same place at this point is a 
godsend. I just look at past situations like the Gold rushes, and oil booms 
of the past that had very similar situations. It is almost identical in the 
way things work out. Damn, I rambled to much, sorry about that.

Paul Drew




>From: Christopher Baker <chris at chrisbaker.net>
>Reply-To: discuss at ntlug.org
>To: discuss at ntlug.org
>Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Hi, all
>Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 07:35:30 -0400
>
>I did know that the cost of living in Texas is lower than in other parts
>of the country. I'm not sure what all the reasons are for this. But
>certainly one of them is the fact that many Texans still believe in the
>principles of 1776. As a result, Texas has no income tax and encourages
>the private ownership of firearms.
>
> > I got back to Texas late last year (November) and did not find a job 
>until
> > May of this year.  I see all sorts of listsing but the market is so 
>flooded
> > that companies can afford to be picky right now.  I am still looking for
> > something better than what I currently have with no luck at all.
>
>So, basically, the picture here is that the job market is still bad. I
>plan on waiting until 2004 anyway.
>
>I'm not sure what will happen by then. The glamour to working in IT is
>gone, and I'm not sure we will ever get that back. _Information Week_
>reported that from January 2001 to January 2002, almost 10% of IT
>workers got out. I have a feeling this number will be even worse for
>2002.
>
>I have certainly done what I can to discourage college students from
>going into this.
>
>I don't know much about Linux certifications. I do know that Microsoft
>certification is a complete waste of time and money. A lot of people
>seem to be figuring this one out, as the whole training industry has
>been really taking a beating.
>
>Chris
>
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>"Naturally, the common people don't want war, neither in Russia,
>nor England, nor for that matter Germany. That is understood. But
>after all, it is leaders of the country who determine the policy; and
>it is always a simple matter to drag people along, whether it is a
>democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a
>communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can be
>brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have
>to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the
>pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger.
>It works the same in every country."
>--Hermann Goering at the 1946 Nuremburg Trials
>============================================================
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>"When you stop growing, you start dying."
>
>
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