Landing a "Regular Job"?

sfe_software asks: "I'm an out-of-work programmer and systems administrator. I've reached a point where I have to find a job - any job - and I am finding this quite difficult. I'm apparently 'over-qualified' for everything from flipping burgers to fixing PCs at the local CompUSA. Noone wants to hire you at $6-$12/hour when you were making $45-$75/hour on previous jobs, yet, I'm not finding the high-paying work any more and need *something*. As a contractor, I've always kept a savings, but at this point that river is quickly running dry. What are other out-of-work techies doing? How do you convince a hiring manager that you aren't simply using them as a temporary stepping stone (even if this is true)?"

Comments

Is this a recruitment ad?

[ghoul]

We recently had an article about commercial companies having marketeers posing as posters online to influence the discussion in their direction. This sounds like the army is doing the same.

While I do agree the army is a good option if its a army recruiter they shouldn't post pretending to be someone from the ranks.

On the other hand if I am wrong my apologies