On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 1:04 PM, Zubin Wadia <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks Saifi. > > The way I see it, since the time our awesome profession has existed, there > has only been one common requirement for a technology professional - > skills. > > Technologies come and go, approaches come and go, companies come and go - > as > long as you have strong fundamentals and the will to keep your skills > sharp, > no downturn is going to stop you. > > Your mentality in a downturn should be default positive. You cannot go > through your degree, internships & projects thinking your industry is going > to abandon you. That's not the case, far from it. > > I graduated in about as bad a time as you can imagine - 2001, in New York. > With the dot-com bust and 9/11 - big corporations were revoking job offers > like water in a famine. While it was disappointing to see companies not > keep > their commitments, I remained positive and kept myself at the edge of the > technology curve. > > I also leveraged the friend network around me. One thing in my favor was > that New York always had something happening, so about 4 months before > graduating, I was already working full-time (at night because I had to deal > with Australians and study/sleep in the mornings). It's 2009 now, and I > have > absolutely no regrets. > > So, keep getting to the other side of the river, breathe, and pay no > attention to the water around you. It may slow your progress, but you'll > get > to the other side! > > Cheers, > > Zubin. > Thanks Zubin, What do u think is the cause for this situation and where would it end up finally ? I mean how long is this going to last ? Raghu
