Posted by
ryuzaki0
on from the chips-ain't-easy dept.
aftk2 writes "According to news.com, chip maker Transmeta - current home of Linux creator Linus Torvalds, has canned 40% (200 people) of its work force, and has shifted its goals toward obtaining profitability in 2003. No word on whether there were any penguins seen leaving the building."
Sorry. Seriously, though, if you're not rooted in too firmly, there are jobs out there if you're willing to move to them, especially in places with big defense companies (San Diego, various east coast cities, etc).
If you're stuck in the boonies, though, you've got problems -- the lack of fallback jobs is why I passed on a very well-paying job with a startup in Madison, WI, even though I really needed the work at the time and have family there. If you get laid off and are a niche-type worker, you're in trouble.
-- Every year during my review, I just pray the words "slashdot.org" aren't mentioned.
Re:Shifted its goals?
by
brad3378
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> MY SECOND TYAN THUNDER K7 BLEW UP! so edrugtrader is down. if you are down with tyan, F U 2.
Thanks for the warning..... I was seriously considering getting that mobo. Did the heat kill it? Any advice for getting a dual AMD board?
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Sorry. Seriously, though, if you're not rooted in too firmly, there are jobs out there if you're willing to move to them, especially in places with big defense companies (San Diego, various east coast cities, etc).
If you're stuck in the boonies, though, you've got problems -- the lack of fallback jobs is why I passed on a very well-paying job with a startup in Madison, WI, even though I really needed the work at the time and have family there. If you get laid off and are a niche-type worker, you're in trouble.
Every year during my review, I just pray the words "slashdot.org" aren't mentioned.
> MY SECOND TYAN THUNDER K7 BLEW UP! so edrugtrader is down. if you are down with tyan, F U 2.
Thanks for the warning..... I was seriously considering getting that mobo. Did the heat kill it?
Any advice for getting a dual AMD board?