To: SmithL
Harry has won a few contract jobs as a consultant since he was laid off. He is working one now. He gets benefits and he is very glad to have the work. But he has no job security. The job is over whenever his boss says the job is over.....so, how does that make him different than 95% of the rest of the IT workforce? He has a job, with benefits, no less, what's he complaining about?
The article fails to mention that the IT job market is pretty good right now. It ain't 1999, but that type of a roaring job market likely won't happen again in my lifetime.
22 posted on
04/23/2006 8:18:12 AM PDT by
wbill
To: wbill
The article fails to mention that the IT job market is pretty good right now. It ain't 1999, but that type of a roaring job market likely won't happen again in my lifetime.It's very dependant on the part of the country that you live in. For instance, in KC, the IT market is actually pretty depressed. The job that I got had over 100 applications for the one opening. And the only reason that I got the job was because a VP knew me, and knew the sort of worker I was. The fact that I was less qualified for the job than many applicants would have kept me from getting the job, if not for him.
Mark
76 posted on
04/23/2006 8:53:47 AM PDT by
MarkL
(When Kaylee says "No power in the `verse can stop me," it's cute. When River says it, it's scary!)
To: wbill
The article fails to mention that the IT job market is pretty good right now. It ain't 1999, but that type of a roaring job market likely won't happen again in my lifetime.
It ain't 1999, more like 1989, which is a lot more healthy. The late ninetees saw a lot of people getting into computer/network jobs who really just didn't belong there. The stock prices for tech were hyper-inflated, which allowed companies like WorldCom to buy MCI.
The whole thing was based on fantasy, and reality had to crash in sometime. I'm glad George W. Bush was President when it did, becuase he managed our economy through it, and 9/11.
Tech business is good business if you are a tech person. If not, get a job doing something more compatible with your skills and personality. Yes, personality.
It takes a certain kind of person to sling bits, and if you aren't that kind of person you won't be secure or happy doing it.
104 posted on
04/23/2006 9:19:11 AM PDT by
advance_copy
(Stand for life, or nothing at all)
To: wbill
Completely agree. And not just in IT.
"Job Security" is a myth...and always has been.
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