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The Laid-off Techie

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the marine-corps-is-always-hiring dept.

LazyBoy writes: "ZDNet News has this article entitled "The world of the laid-off techie". Yikes! Things have been bad in New Jersey for a while (telecom slump). How are they elsewhere?"

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  1. Bad in Texas as well by Buz+Humbar · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    (telecom slump, dot-com bubble pop)

  2. Re:Slashdot Poll. by sfled · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    (c) Telephone sex?

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  3. Re:My experience by ruvreve · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I work at the type of university that your 'bro' was at and I would just like to say SHAME ON YOU for wasting the university's resources for your own gain. Universities have tuition paying students that print enough crap to destroy several hundred square miles of trees without having your out of work ass print up RFC's and other huge documents. There are students here that print documents that are about a foot thick, everyday. While I understand that some of it is useful I doubt any human could read the amount of 'crap' they print.....okay I guess I can end this half-assed rant.

  4. Re:Lets face it, Times are hard everywhere. by Fjord · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And these same people don't have an attitude that says "I know I'm not going to be making 65k/year". Most of them feel they deserve 100k+. Just trying to inject a little more perspective.

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  5. Re:Lets face it, Times are hard everywhere. by doorbot.com · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I'm nearly 19, Have my MCSE, CCNA, Hell of a lot of experence

    There are people who have more years of experience than you've been alive, and they are struggling to find jobs. Just trying to inject a little perspective.

    And let me tell you, perspective doesn't come easy to a 19 year old. That's great if you have experience, an ABC and an XYZ. You're still 19 and will be treated as such. Finish up school before you enter the job market.

  6. Re:Lets face it, Times are hard everywhere. by mrcherba · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yeah, and how much of that experience is applicable. Those of us that grew up working with computers Like myself (Read 23 yrs old, wrote my first program at Age 4) have a lot to offer. We can be energetic, knowledgeable and often more used to thinking outside traditional design startegies to get the job done.