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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. Re:Laid off MBAs and marketing by Zarathustra.fi · · Score: 0, Troll
    Apparently in business school they teach you how to design computers.

    ..or atleast they teach you how to preserve your own unnecessary low-stress position at the marketing dept! ;)

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  2. Lets face it, Times are hard everywhere. by LWolenczak · · Score: 1, Troll

    Times are esp. hard because all these companies, like tech skills, new horizens, etc. keep advertising that you could be making 65k with your MCSE! Everybody making less thinks, why not go get my mcse, and make more money. WRONG!

    Now, I know that is not entirly true. I know as a 18 year old, your not going to be making 65k a year even if you have nearly two years experence. I'm nearly 19, Have my MCSE, CCNA, Hell of a lot of experence. It took me two months to find a job after I was forced to leave my previous job. Two Months, I know it does not seem like much, but the problem I had was the age factor. I would get somebody calling every couple days wanting to possibly hire me. But when they found out my age, I would get the "Well keep trying, Good luck" line, and that would be it. The job I have now, I have luckly due to the fact one of my mom's very good friends is a part owner at a small IT firm thats been around since 94/95. I still get emails from my monster.com listing, but rarly replies.

    One small tip, The work is out there. The issue is the cost, location, and quality. Companies don't see one person as being worth what they think they should pay, so thats why small consultation firms are pulling in lots of cash.

    Also, I see people who have their BS in CS, and maybe one MCP cert, thinking they could be making 48-65k a year with no experence. I work with one. I may be going to college working on getting a BS in CS, but Being that it's a libiral arts college, I think I may just drop out of the local university, and enroll in a distance learning program from some private school, I can just about afford it.