Wow, I had no idea I would create such a thread! Thanks to everyone for
their help!
To be honest, I'd love to have Alexander's job or something similar. I
originally wanted to go into, and am still interested in, telecom,
networking, and sys admin and analysis. I would *LOVE* to do embedded
I've seen a pair of articles on /. about the depressing state of IT
right now, and it's making me, well, depressed! My plan was to go to
community college in January (after getting my year residency here in
Arizona) and fix what I screwed up years ago (dropping out of college),
but now I'm
Don't trust everything you see hear on /. ... Take a look at all the
media outlooks and gather a more average outlook on the IT market.
Arizona, especially the Valley, are ripe for IT. It's all in the local
market, read your local paper such as AZCentral.com online, or pick up a
trees worth
That's a good point, Tony, but one of those articles quoted directly
from the Dept. of Labor (the one with the stats), so it's not just the
usual media love of blowing things out of proportion. I completely
agree with you on the Valley, though--when I went back home to Reno a
couple of weeks ago,
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 4:59 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That's a good point, Tony, but one of those articles quoted directly
from the Dept. of Labor (the one with the stats), so it's not just the
usual media love of blowing things out of proportion. I completely
agree with you on the
I was the one who suggested you should go for network administrator. I was
looking at both your current knowledge base as well as your character. I think
you would be pleasantly bored in class, up to a point right at the end when you
go for your CISCO cert tests, which would have left time
I can offer slightly different (point of view) advice. I would recommend
doing what ever you are good at, or more precisely, where you are most
valuable. To clarify, what ever skills you can obtain that some one else is
willing to pay (a lot) for, get those skills. If those skills can align with
Has anyone checked out Dice.com for San Diego (where I am now)?
Exploding IT market.
; ) .randy
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 10:06 AM, Eric Cope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I can offer slightly different (point of view) advice. I would recommend
doing what ever you are good at, or more precisely,
Joshua Zeidner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Josh,
Job boards, especially free ones, are not a reliable indicator. Many
people use those boards to gauge markets, which means that a lot of the
postings are not legitimate jobs.
Agree strongly. Lots of spam from recruiters who
: Depressing IT Job Prospects
To: Main PLUG discussion list plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Date: Monday, August 11, 2008, 11:30 AM
Joshua Zeidner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Josh,
Job boards, especially free ones, are not a reliable indicator. Many
people use those boards
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 11:30 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Joshua Zeidner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Josh,
Job boards, especially free ones, are not a reliable indicator. Many
people use those boards to gauge markets, which means that a lot of the
postings are not
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 11:30 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Joshua Zeidner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Josh,
Job boards, especially free ones, are not a reliable indicator. Many
people use those boards to gauge markets, which means that a lot of the
postings are not
Am 11. Aug, 2008 schwätzte Josh Coffman so:
Best advice I can give about IT, is don't do it for the money. You won't be
happy as it is really draining and there is no guarantee the money will
always be there. That's true about anything really, but I think its
especially true in tech.
Joshua Zeidner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My take on the economy: there is a major reorientation underway.
blah blah blah. Doesn't mean anything to me or Mike, who started this
thread with a what do I do with my life post, personally.
Well if you want to make an informed
Josh Coffman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 11:30 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yeah, you guys are right. It is circumstantial, and not scientific. Its my
opinion that demand has increased in the last year compared the the previous
2 or 3 years. This is based on
der.hans wrote:
PHP jobs might also be in the 'fill quite easily' category.
Speaking as someone who's had to fill 'PHP Developer' vacancies a few
times, I have to disagree with this claim to a certain degree.
There is an extremely large pool of people who think of themselves as
PHP
re. PHP programmers, I agree with you totally. There are lots of people
who picked up PHP one day and decided they're developers, with no experience
or training in software dev. Likewise, its takes a lot of effort to
convince someone you're qualified in the field of PHP probably due to the
: Monday, August 11, 2008 7:45 AM
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Subject: Re: Depressing IT Job Prospects
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 4:59 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That's a good point, Tony, but one of those articles quoted directly
from the Dept. of Labor (the one
From the same background of trying to hire people, I'm usually looking for
specific skills. So if your resume didn't get you anything, CHANGE IT!!!
With the amount of people out there, I've had to fall back onto keyword
searches to net me a somewhat sane #. And I just keep adding keywords until
] On Behalf Of
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Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 11:31 AM
To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: Depressing IT Job Prospects
Joshua Zeidner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Josh,
Job boards, especially free ones, are not a reliable indicator.
Many
people use those boards
Bryan O'Neal wrote:
... Even if I was, are they going to let go all of their people? Doubt
it. ...
I work/ed for a real estate company. We went from over 50 people down
to 4 in a bit over a year. It is all about the boom and bust; ride the
wave as long as you can and try to bail before
The problem is with this, is if you hire based on specific skills which
may be learnable in a few hours, thats all you're likely to get.
-jmz
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 5:24 PM, James Mcphee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From the same background of trying to hire people, I'm usually looking for
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