The bay area was one of the hardest hit errors with the bust, however, I'm seeing more and more jobs creeping up, so if you can stick it out another year or so, I think things will be starting to swing again here.
If you move out of the bay area to an affordable area, you're pretty much limited to telecommuting only to get the tech jobs, at least that's my opinion. --- Steve Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > interesting. i'm seeing my only chance of making a > good living with > Perl as moving -to- the Bay Area, or another city > that has good Perl jobs. > > i live in Johnson City, TN. i was able to make a > living doing Perl from > 1997 - 2002, and perhaps half a living in 2003, and > may be able to > resume making a living in this area shortly. > > but i've found that although there are indeed tons > of good-looking job > postings lately, it's been nearly impossible for me > to get interest from > HR directors who staff those jobs, because i live so > far away from the > jobs' cities. > > in one particular case, i thought i was going to get > a high-profile and > very-well-paying job in Silicon Valley. during and > after a phone > interview for the job, i was told that hundreds of > people had applied > for it, that i was in the final group (something > like that; the top ten > people), and that i could expect a plane trip out > for the face interview. > > after a call from the HR director saying that i > would be getting an > email with a schedule of a few more phone > interviews, i didn't hear > anything for a couple of weeks. i emailed the > person who had originally > interviewed me to ask what was up. they said that > while i was > qualified, the company had decided to focus only on > local candidates, > because there were so many of them. > > i firmly believe that if i lived in the Bay Area, i > would have gotten > that job. > > i've pretty much decided that if i want a job posted > to this list, i > need to find a way to move to CA or the DC/Boston > corridor and -then- > apply. i wonder if that's accurate. has anyone > else here lived in a > non-top-50 metro area in the US, and found a > well-paying Perl job? > > (i'm also getting more-than-annoyed at hirers who > say they're going to > contact me "in a few days" or "in a week" and don't. > but i guess that's > part of the game.) > > -- Steve > > Wiggins d'Anconia wrote: > > Or move out of the bay area.... > > > > 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. > -- > Steve Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ===== Anthony Ettinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.apwebdesign.com Instant Messengers: 1) yahoo im: apwebdesign 2) aol im: apwebdesignxl 3) msn im: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4) icq im: 659139 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/
