I met a fellow last month who, about a year ago, had a contract programming
shop with over 60 developers. Today he employs just himself and two others.
There are a lot of IT folks being layed off in this area, which, not
surprisingly, make up a significant portion of the job force.
I'm under the impression (I'm not in the market - knock on wood) that
overall, IT jobs are still out there, though you may have to relocate. I
know salaries are down significantly and employers are being pickier when it
comes to finding qualified talent. The web development (and also networking
& communications) industry seems to be hurting the worst, with large
development companies laying off en masse or folding altogether. This is
probably a good time to be self-employed or else working for a mom & pop.
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephenie Hamilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 11:51 AM
Subject: Re: Potentially V Realistically: the Job Market
> i know, i know.....
> ASP is just a straight out pain in the butt!
> but in todays market, seems you need to be versed in many scripting
> languages...
> the IT market it pretty sucky compared to a year ago...at least in my
local
> area...
> now i have had some pretty good bites on my posting on cf-jobs for
contract
> work...hopefully something will pan out in the next few weeks, as i am
> almost out of savings....
>
> anybody out there using JSP or PHP? how do those compare to CF or ASP? i
> also picked up an XML book, but have yet to dive into it...
>
> ~~
> Stephenie Hamilton
> Macromedia Certified ColdFusion Professional
> http://coldfusionwebs.com
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