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Techies Migrate in Search of Work
prostoalex writes "Tracing the story of one family where the father is employed in the IT field, the Washington Post discusses the current unemployment in the information technology field. For a good reason - for the first time in 30 years the IT unemployment rate exceeded the national average unemployment rate, implying that you have a better chance of getting a job if your field is something other than IT. The journalist does offer a disclaimer, saying that the term 'IT worker' is applied equally to a top-notch scientist in a research lab, to a dot-com startup billionaire, and to a local HTML guru. Relevant employment statistics also shows that layoffs in the IT field were up 60% in the third quarter of 2004."
That son of a bitch ate my brother, just because he was blue and flashing. Fuck him and that bitch of his with the bow on her head.
Inky
And that ding-danged yellow headed twerp of theirs called "Jr". He wasn't potty-trained yet, and when he ate up that trail of white dots he left a trail of brown dots behind.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
Gave them permanent MFM. Made them our 'trade equal'. All this bitching about 'Bush did this' or is 'gonna do that' makes me sick.
That rat bastard Clinton sold ALL our manufacturing jobs to the Chinese so he could get re-elected for four more years of intern ass-grabbing. Once he sold us all out, everything else started to follow. How the fuck do you think this country can afford 'high salaried jobs' when the base of our commerce all moved to China ?
Good luck lady- I'm a full fledged software engineer, have more programming languages than you have fingers and toes on my resume, as well as 6 completed successfull products, 2 of which are still in use- and it took me 2600 resumes and 26 months to find a job. And even then, the best I could do was upgrading Access Databases for state government at half my former income. No tax cut is going to help that.
SJW: a person who perceives an injustice, and while correcting it, commits a greater injustice.
Here's what I suck at- I suck at being a brown nosing little weasel who spends more time "networking" with reverse social engineering than programming. Bet you've never actually completed a project in your life either.
SJW: a person who perceives an injustice, and while correcting it, commits a greater injustice.
Have you ever given any thought into improving your communication skills?
Hard to do with Asperger's but I've been trying.
From this response, and others in this thread, you seem very full of anger and resentment against the world; like the world owes you something for being born.
It owes me one of two things, and I really wish it would choose one: Leaving me the hell alone, or giving me (and everybody else) an economic system that actually works. Take your pick.
It definitely shows in your writing styles.
Yep- It's meant to.
You are obviously very arrogant, opinionated, and need constant recognition for past work.
Yep- just like every other human being on the planet. Haven't you ever read Maslow's hierarchy of needs?
And I'm sure that Access DB job is well below your ego, but you needed money to support your DVD habits.
Don't have a DVD player at home- but I do have a son (17 months) that needs feeding. It's called procreating- but I don't imagine you would be interested.
Did you look outside your area?
Yep- all areas were equally depressed unless I wanted to learn Hindi or Mandarin.
Did you consider the possibility of relocating?
Yes, to Bangalore.
Did you consider another field completely?
Unlike you NeuroTypical brownnosers, I don't have that option.
Did you look into a manufacturing job?
Yep- none available now that they've all moved overseas.
How about sales?
Oh yeah, like a commission will feed my family.
Education?
Education budgets were slashed to pay for Bush's tax cut.
The world changes,
Why should we allow it to change?
adapt or perish.
There's a third option: kill.
For someone with dozens of languages known, I'm amazed that your personal website is so...1996. With all your free time in the past 26 months, I know someone of your experience and stature should have created a better site.
Actually- that site was abandoned a year and a half ago, when I got my current contract with State Government. And unlike you- I don't go for the latest trends. At least, when it was still active, that website would load just as well in Lynx as it would in IE- or whatever single browser you're targeting this week.
Be sure to train your children with weapons- it's the only way they'll stay alive.
SJW: a person who perceives an injustice, and while correcting it, commits a greater injustice.