This industry is growing like crazy. And yes, federal government is spending a lot of money on it, but they are not alone. Private businesses are also investing in location based services. So I guess I am lucky, been doing it for over 10 years :-)
On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Wayne Fay <[email protected]> wrote: > > I live in a bubble. In the Washington, D.C. area. I work in the field of > > Geographic Information Systems (GIS), developing custom web applications > ... > > government. We have been looking for someone in my field for over eight > > months, and have not hired yet because it is so hard to find qualified > > candidates. > > A friend of mine in Central Illinois (USA) has also been trying to > hire another GIS developer on his team for some period of time. I > wonder if this is maybe a good area to move into, for a developer > looking to pick up some new skills with the intention of a change in > their area of specialization? > > Is there something going on with US federal or state spending that I'm > simply unaware of that means there are "a lot" of GIS jobs right now > for some reason? > > Wayne > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- Juan Marín Otero GIS Consultant -------Visita mi blog en--------------------- http://guachintoneando.blogspot.com --------------------------------------------------- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
