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Keep your paws off me you damn dirty balloon!

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All bark no bite

Co-Conspiriter 2
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Roughly half the jobs listed in Windows want at least some .NET or C# experience. The majority of the others are J2EE/Java.

This article is just more FUD. There is no doubt that .NET, and ASP.NET in particular (aspx pages) is the future of software development on Windows - on Linux also, if you believe Mono...

Here's a chance to have fun - You, YES! - YOU! - can work as an MPAA Enforcer (r) in Beautiful Downtown Encino, CA. Pays about $40K...
I wonder if the peons get to pick the subnets on top of the "hit list"? ;)

Indeed, very true. As stated before, if the time-frame is very limited then they do not have time to train new software engineers. HOWEVER, it's been my experiance that some management is willing to deal with the pain (whatever it is) ad bite the bullet than be put in a vice and threatened. My boss has been known to fire the last eletrical engineer because that engineer wouldn't get on a plane to do something that wasn't in his job description. Sure, most of us don't have an exact job description however for a general manager to terminate his last eltrical engineer becuase of something silly such as that (actually the electrical engineer's reply was something to the effect of "That's not in my job, you can't make me do it". and the response to that was "You work for me, you will do whatever I tell you to"). Their are three different types of management. Micro, macro, and dumbass. Sometims they can be two of three. Micro management normally refuses to be in a threatened position, rather you invoked it or not. Yet again, I write this IMHO and experiance. If you were wise enough (we all make mistakes...) and aren't in too much debt, try perhaps going job searching [monster.com] is your best bet. As with any job shift, it will be painful. The question that falls into your pants is: Is getting my brain fried better or worse than the pain of another job? Can I afford another job? Are they any jobs open that I have experiance with? IANAL, but I was informed that a salary position can not be docked for quantity or quality of work. Use that to our advantage.

Remember that Apple are rumoured to be working on a version of iTunes for Windows.

Let me be the first to welcome you back from your stay in a cave on the dark side of the moon. iTunes for Windows IS being developed.

For you PC users who haven't seen the store, let me tell you, that place is addictive as crack rock. The default settings are such that you click "buy song" and it starts downloading. With a cable modem, I was able to get an album of 9 Tracks in a few minutes. All without getting my lazy ass up and going to the store.

I expect that within a year, there will be MUG meets where the topic of discussion will be "Music Store Addiction:How I lost my wife and house downloading music".

Just wait till Apple releases iTunes for Windows, so you PC users can join in the fun.

Looks like Apple is looking for people to make iTunes for Windows.


Apple Computer is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to design and build one of our newest Consumer Applications, iTunes for Windows.
Must be possess strong skills in the areas of application design, solid API design principles, user interface engineering, and have a strong understanding of customer and workflow issues. Experience with Windows logo certification preferred. Candidate should have a history of successful large volume consumer product shipment.

A B.S. or better in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science is preferred. Required skills include C, C++, UI, MFC, Win32, COM, DirectX, Installshield and application engineering. Exposure to networking and device drivers a plus. Minimum of 10 years of directly related experience.



Go for it!

Posted this a cpl of times, but as bad as things are 95k jobs are still on monster . monster

Not quite 6 figures, but it is up to 95k . monster

monster.com

At 95,000 a year starting salary for
Senoir Network engineer I think I can

"ROUGH IT "

LOL , the field is not hurting that bad .

There are ALOT of ppl out of work though,
but for the Kung-Fu masters, the jobs are there .

Peace...
Ex-MislTech

http://jobsearch.monster.com/

Is that a screenscraper pointed to monster.com?

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Don't forget the Bachelor's degree in CS or IS and Microshit certification for that HelpDesk Position!

What's this world coming to?

Using the keword search query format
http://jobsearch.monster.com/jobsearch.asp?q=LANGU AGE
gets a more acurate number, but still limits the count to a maximum of 5000, for example
Java = More than 5000
C++ = More than 5000
You even can count C# by using this link.
C# = 446

Using the keword search query format
http://jobsearch.monster.com/jobsearch.asp?q=LANGU AGE
gets a more acurate number, but still limits the count to a maximum of 5000, for example
Java = More than 5000
C++ = More than 5000
You even can count C# by using this link.
C# = 446

Using the keword search query format
http://jobsearch.monster.com/jobsearch.asp?q=LANGU AGE
gets a more acurate number, but still limits the count to a maximum of 5000, for example
Java = More than 5000
C++ = More than 5000
You even can count C# by using this link.
C# = 446

The only thing I'd love to really turn off is the e-mail announcement. Even if you goto the option in MSN Messenger, e-mail announcements STILL show up (this happens even when using Everybuddy!! At least in Yahoo Messenger (both Win and Lin clients) you can turn off the message, sound and everything associated with being alerted to e-mail). I don't care about the latest piece of spam to hit my inbox, I just use MSN for RPin(and another MSN e-mail alert pop's up interrupting my typing)g (MSN Groups) and as a quick log-in for Monster.com. That's it. Oh, and some of my friends use MSN more then Yahoo/AIM/ICQ, although the latter three are used more/most often.

I'm hedging my bets. I've taken the pains to learn both .NET and Java (there are _some_ differences!-). I'm fortunate enought that I can use both at work. Then again, that's the reason I stay there.

That said, perhaps a place to look-n-see what you might need to study are some of the tech job postings via a source like Monster.com or the Wash.Post tech page?

I had something (a cap?) go horribly wrong on one of my ABIT VP6 boards with less than a year in production. The resulting fire actually fused the bottom nic to the pci slot.

I'm just grateful that it was noticed before the FM200 went off.

Or talk to an international head hunter like Robert Half. Most of the big job sites like Dice and Monster have listings for other countries as well.
Also try talking to HR at Fortune 500 companies which have offices overseas. They're usually thrilled to find knowledgeable people who actually want to travel.

How many job descriptions include the phrase "Warfare"?

um,,, I don't know of anyone who makes money coding for Linux. Nor can I find, any jobs in my area listing Linux as a qualificationrelevant monster search here.

I keep saying, I'll learn Linux as soon as I see a significant market for it.

The quality of instructor led geek education is seriously lacking. I'm sure everyone has heard the phrase, "Those who can do, those who can't teach." As a general rule the above statement is true. Another interesting comparison would be the salary of a technical Instructor vs. that of a profession software engineer. Let's take J2EE for example. Here is a job for a J2EE or .NET instructor. J2EE or .NET Instructor The salary is between 28,000.00 - 30,000.00! I would like to think that an educated instructor would make at least a third of what he could be making as a consultant in his field of expertise. That is just ridiculous.

are you kidding? 3 years of experience??? People straight out of college are getting jobs you should be able to find one. I only have about 4 1/2 years of experience, I was laid off 3 weeks ago and I have contract work to do and people calling me (probably about to accept a job) and my strong points are Perl and PHP.

Seriously if you know C and Java you have it made, you might have to relocate but there are hundreds software jobs out there. I'd suggest going to ComputerJobs.com or to Monster.

I'm not saying you shouldn't start your own company, I don't know anything about the local economy where you live but I'm going to say that with 3 years experience and your skills you shouldn't have too much trouble finding a job.

But this has some problems. I just tried it, and my favorite site to surf from work is blocked! I can't get to monster.com !!! You have to pay for the unrestricted version to get access to "the web's most popular sites." What crap! Also annoying, because popular sites must come out of their cache, Slashdot.org (my second favorite site to surf from work!) does not have the most current stories. It is going to be hard to post an anoymous First Post with this servce! I like the idea, but I consider this slashdot story to be a clever advertisment of a new product, and has the 2 best geek buzzwords: pivacy and security

No it's not, the language sucks, as can be read from this FAQ for example.

Microsoft has a large deployment base. Lots of people will learn and use C#, because that can mean a job.

A quick search on Monster.com does not support this claim.

Microsoft is going to do the work to port to BSD.

Yeah or so they say... big fucking deal, Java already runs on dozens of different platforms.

Microsoft Labs members have and continue to make efforts supporting the use of other non-traditional languages on .NET

JVM supports more languages than .NET ever will.

Microsoft isn't afraid to design a platform for performance, unlike Sun

There is no speed difference, both platforms run on a virtual machine.

C# and .NET will be used on WinCE handhelds.

Will be? oh oh ... well how about Nokia ships millions of cell phones already with Java embedded? WinCE is dead.

Common Java runtimes still run like ass, and the language is a piece of crap.

You're just a pathetic little shit who hasn't got a fucking clue what you're talking about.

Any kernel hackers out there want a job?


(I know, it's off-topic, mod me down, et cetera, but do you know how hard it is to find qualified Linux kernel hackers?? I'm willing to risk some karma...)

Sadly most of the ones I work with don't even START to think if they can...

...off to monster.com.

The other fact you need to face is the best way to secure employment is not through classifieds and monster.com, but personal contact with people in the field.

Very true, but don't count out monster. I got my current post-graduation job through monster (my employer found me) and I also secured 3 other interviews through them, including one with Blue Sky Studios of Ice Age fame. Didn't get that job, though heh.

There are nine positions with them on this list. Go at it if Ft. Meade appeals to you.

On my last job (in sweden) I worked with a programmer that didn't speak a word Swedish.
Didn't matter.
Everyone in sweden speaks english. (It is mandatory in school and our media is not dubbed only subtiteled.)

Besides, English is the de facto standard in tech.
I don't think you would have a problem, and people would most certainly not be offended by you not understanding localspeak.

I would suggest that you check out sites like Monster for european job offers and get to know some scandinavians on the net.
You could find people with non-competing but related skills that want to work in the US and recommend each other for work that can be done over the net.
Getting small contract for work shouldn't be to hard if you are qualified, and if you prove yourself that way you just might end up getting hired. Just make sure you end up in Stockholm, Göteborg or Malmö.

I for one might be up for this mutually beneficial deal if you feel like it, and our skillsets match.
What is it you do anyway?

You can mail me at daniel_routuvaara[at]hotmail[dot]com and I'll reply with my real address.

Why does Monster.com have a boilerplate policy which clearly states that their statements are not to be interpreted as legal advice? They're just a techie-oriented career site... why would they be worried?

Michael's statements are the exact sort of damning legal advice Monster is trying to protect itself from. Your statement was designed to inflame reasonable people who have a clue. Yes I call you a Troll, and you can giggle at me for replying all you want, ma'am.

It really is sad though. They took a fun company and destroyed it. It seems to be a growing trend among Corporate America. Oh well at least I have a choice. I feel sorry for all the smaller guys/gals at the company. Companies will be sorry, all the talent will go to companies that actually care about their employees (a little).
Just my .02

I wonder how many of the unemployed/underemployed people have MCSEs?

Probably not a lot of them.

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Apparently there is some passive Zen thing to getting jobs, at least for me: every time someone successfully hired me it was because they were looking for me, not the other way around. By posting to various services like Monster and NOT doing the one-click resume sending thing, I've gotten more calls than I ever did by sending resumes to them actively, even in response to their own ads.

My best success has been from just informing them I'm available, either by website or by listing on job sites. Apparently there's something to be said for the confidence of passivity and not seeming to want it too much.

I'm sure there was a time long ago when aggressive tactics like resume spamming and showing up at offices was appealing (especially in the glad-handling sales world), but now it just seems creepy. It is no longer a benefit to seem desperate.

Job sites like Monster really encourage spamming prospective hirers as well.

You set up an online resume, and can 1-click send it to the employers of your choice. I was laid off in September, and I sent out 200 resumes in 1 day in this way.

How many callbacks from those, and from all the resumes I sent out over the next month? NOT ONE. And I am not surprised, I can only imagine the number of resumes they are recieving.

Although this isn't the same as all-out spamming, employer spam via job sites online is running rampant and is only going to get worse, which is bad for potentially good candidates as they are lost in the sea of Monster.com email notifications...

Mark

Ok, sure: all those companies actually employ people to write Mac OS X software. How many are hiring? I can't seem to find any on the job boards. And in fact, a search on monster.com for "mac os x" for every job category and every location yields just 17 jobs. Nationwide. A similar search for "windows" in just the "computer software" category yields 1,075 results. A search for "Linux" in the same category returns 246 listings. Solaris has 301 jobs, AIX has 115, and BSD has 8 (although a BSD search for all categories returns 37 listings).

Anyway, I get your point. But the trouble is that there just aren't that many jobs for Mac OS X programmers now. And I can guarantee you that your chances of getting a programming job at Qualcomm are like from slim to none. I recently found out that two very competent and capable engineers were cut in yet another popularity contest. And in any case, most people are going to be buying commodity hardware and running Win32 software. So the jobs are going to follow that...

-B

Ok, sure: all those companies actually employ people to write Mac OS X software. How many are hiring? I can't seem to find any on the job boards. And in fact, a search on monster.com for "mac os x" for every job category and every location yields just 17 jobs. Nationwide. A similar search for "windows" in just the "computer software" category yields 1,075 results. A search for "Linux" in the same category returns 246 listings. Solaris has 301 jobs, AIX has 115, and BSD has 8 (although a BSD search for all categories returns 37 listings).

Anyway, I get your point. But the trouble is that there just aren't that many jobs for Mac OS X programmers now. And I can guarantee you that your chances of getting a programming job at Qualcomm are like from slim to none. I recently found out that two very competent and capable engineers were cut in yet another popularity contest. And in any case, most people are going to be buying commodity hardware and running Win32 software. So the jobs are going to follow that...

-B

Ok, sure: all those companies actually employ people to write Mac OS X software. How many are hiring? I can't seem to find any on the job boards. And in fact, a search on monster.com for "mac os x" for every job category and every location yields just 17 jobs. Nationwide. A similar search for "windows" in just the "computer software" category yields 1,075 results. A search for "Linux" in the same category returns 246 listings. Solaris has 301 jobs, AIX has 115, and BSD has 8 (although a BSD search for all categories returns 37 listings).

Anyway, I get your point. But the trouble is that there just aren't that many jobs for Mac OS X programmers now. And I can guarantee you that your chances of getting a programming job at Qualcomm are like from slim to none. I recently found out that two very competent and capable engineers were cut in yet another popularity contest. And in any case, most people are going to be buying commodity hardware and running Win32 software. So the jobs are going to follow that...

-B

Ok, sure: all those companies actually employ people to write Mac OS X software. How many are hiring? I can't seem to find any on the job boards. And in fact, a search on monster.com for "mac os x" for every job category and every location yields just 17 jobs. Nationwide. A similar search for "windows" in just the "computer software" category yields 1,075 results. A search for "Linux" in the same category returns 246 listings. Solaris has 301 jobs, AIX has 115, and BSD has 8 (although a BSD search for all categories returns 37 listings).

Anyway, I get your point. But the trouble is that there just aren't that many jobs for Mac OS X programmers now. And I can guarantee you that your chances of getting a programming job at Qualcomm are like from slim to none. I recently found out that two very competent and capable engineers were cut in yet another popularity contest. And in any case, most people are going to be buying commodity hardware and running Win32 software. So the jobs are going to follow that...

-B

Ok, sure: all those companies actually employ people to write Mac OS X software. How many are hiring? I can't seem to find any on the job boards. And in fact, a search on monster.com for "mac os x" for every job category and every location yields just 17 jobs. Nationwide. A similar search for "windows" in just the "computer software" category yields 1,075 results. A search for "Linux" in the same category returns 246 listings. Solaris has 301 jobs, AIX has 115, and BSD has 8 (although a BSD search for all categories returns 37 listings).

Anyway, I get your point. But the trouble is that there just aren't that many jobs for Mac OS X programmers now. And I can guarantee you that your chances of getting a programming job at Qualcomm are like from slim to none. I recently found out that two very competent and capable engineers were cut in yet another popularity contest. And in any case, most people are going to be buying commodity hardware and running Win32 software. So the jobs are going to follow that...

-B

Ok, sure: all those companies actually employ people to write Mac OS X software. How many are hiring? I can't seem to find any on the job boards. And in fact, a search on monster.com for "mac os x" for every job category and every location yields just 17 jobs. Nationwide. A similar search for "windows" in just the "computer software" category yields 1,075 results. A search for "Linux" in the same category returns 246 listings. Solaris has 301 jobs, AIX has 115, and BSD has 8 (although a BSD search for all categories returns 37 listings).

Anyway, I get your point. But the trouble is that there just aren't that many jobs for Mac OS X programmers now. And I can guarantee you that your chances of getting a programming job at Qualcomm are like from slim to none. I recently found out that two very competent and capable engineers were cut in yet another popularity contest. And in any case, most people are going to be buying commodity hardware and running Win32 software. So the jobs are going to follow that...

-B

Ok, sure: all those companies actually employ people to write Mac OS X software. How many are hiring? I can't seem to find any on the job boards. And in fact, a search on monster.com for "mac os x" for every job category and every location yields just 17 jobs. Nationwide. A similar search for "windows" in just the "computer software" category yields 1,075 results. A search for "Linux" in the same category returns 246 listings. Solaris has 301 jobs, AIX has 115, and BSD has 8 (although a BSD search for all categories returns 37 listings).

Anyway, I get your point. But the trouble is that there just aren't that many jobs for Mac OS X programmers now. And I can guarantee you that your chances of getting a programming job at Qualcomm are like from slim to none. I recently found out that two very competent and capable engineers were cut in yet another popularity contest. And in any case, most people are going to be buying commodity hardware and running Win32 software. So the jobs are going to follow that...

-B

Typical putdown of McDonalds that isn't borne out by the facts. A quick search at http://www.monster.com reveals that shift workers in Dallas are being recruited for $7-$9/hour. Management positions are $25,500.00 to $37,500.00 per year. It's not very much compared to computer programming, perhaps, but it's not minimum wage either. I wonder if there's a McDonald's anywhere in the U.S. that actually pays minimum wage.

A brief history

"Laid off" from Ihigh.com
Graduated in may from UK
Spent the summer both online and off in the job hunt
My Current Employer found me in late September through Monster, I'm now their Jr. Webmonkey and Rookie Solaris Admin who breaks^?^?^?^?^?^? stress-tests machines.

When all is said and done, in this market, be prepared to wait. If you have the time and cash, get training, be ready when things hit the upswing

here.

I just don't pay for garbage web content. Sites like slashdot are just a waste of bandwith for the most part. They rarely provide any new and/or useful information.

On the flip side I do pay for access to assorted electronics databook and publication sites as well as buy a lot of books. For instance the IEEE page is worth the money. The Intel Developer site is worth paying for as is the National Semiconductor site but they are free because these sites make their money selling the product. The techical documentation is an aid in use.

There is another type of site that makes money on the internet. Its the type of site that provides a REAL service. These are sites like REALTOR.com, bill payer services, job search services, dating services, etc that work well on the web.

The problem with the web is this pay for bandwith scheme that is kicking everyone in the butt. Take internet radio for instance. You could be part of a band co-op and try to put your music on the web. If your site becomes popular though you could potentially be paying a whole crapload to serve the content. With IPv6 you only pay for a miniscule amount of bandwith required to send a single stream which gets broken up by the multicast routers. Sites like slashdot which are dynamic couldn't benifit from this because they try to tailor their views for every user. A nice idea, but completly useless when you compare the cost of running a site that doesn't provide a useful service and the tons of bandwith required to give ever user a unique experience. Slashdot could provide 99% of the user experience with just static content that could be cached in web caches.

And here's what you'll get as a Zoho employee: The opportunity to be a part of something truly cutting edge, under the leadership of a truly focused, mature executive team. ... So, if you've been searching for a successful career with an industry leader, look no further. Zoho gives you the chance to grow your skills as a professional in a unique environment that blends startup excitement with blue chip stability.