Or move out of the bay area....

http://danconia.org

Anthony Ettinger wrote:
That's my biggest problem.

I'm on a single income, I get paid well now, and could
afford mortgage payments a house in the south bay area
(although it would take most of the income). But I'm
afraid if I loose a job, I will not be able to find
one in IT locally that pays as well.

The last few years, I've worked at 3 jobs, one high
paying job during the boom, then about 44% of that
during the bust. Now I make 117%  of my original
dotcom salary. If I loose my job tomorrow, who knows
what the heck I'll be making at the next job.

My dad worked for IBM for 26 years, talk about job
security.

My only solution is to find a woman who makes roughly
the same so we can support each other when one of us
it out of work, or to start my own business and
hopefully make the same amount of money at it.



--- John Von Essen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

The scary thing is with the low interest rates, home
values are sky-rocketing, while salaries are staying the same
and even shrinking. In some areas it is becoming very difficult to make
a decent living in IT field - not to mention zero job security.


-john

On Apr 2, 2004, at 9:35 PM, Anthony Ettinger wrote:


The number of jobs seems to be increasing, but

what we


really need for recovery to begin is the number of
higher paying jobs to increase.

I get calls from recruiters with mediocre

salaries,


and they admit that it's targeted at someone who

is


unemployed and will work for lower wages. I'm sure
they skim more than a little bit off the top.





--- Drew Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Uri Guttman wrote:


well, the one we just got today in NYC is a

doozy.


$35/hr in nyc!?!

I thought the same thing when I read it. :-)

Drew
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