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Has The "Technology Bounceback" Begun?
jg21 writes "Has the 'return of technology' begun, asks this article in the wake of all the coverage of CES both here on Slashdot and elsewhere. But just as it's difficult to gauge how many swallows make a summer, how do you measure a technology bounceback? JDJ's suggestions include indicators from 2004 such as the doubling of Google's share price in just 6 months, the mega-sucess of the iPod, and the success of the Blackberry." Decent article that asks a good question; you'll have to wade through the ads to get to the real text.
Nah... Not yet. We're just now getting some stuff that the Korean and Japaneese school kiddies have had for the past 5 years.
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Wait 1-3 more years for us to get them fully integrated into our lives.
I know some people are already there. But I think for the most part, even those of us with these gadgets, using them constantly to their capabilities is not yet within comonplace.
I mean, I actidenditly forgot my pda somewhere and lasted like 3 days without it. And that was just after a new year res to use the thing more.
I haven't synched it in like a monthe either.
-=fshalor
I'm seeing jobs like this in my job search as well here in the US. A great example was one that was a Security Admin requiring a long list of skills, Cisco and Microsoft certs, and paying $12/hour. Yea, 12 bucks an hour. I could likely get that working in Fast Food. Another was a Linux admin, in a "rich" part of my state, where you average WINDOWS admin makes about 70-80k, and they wanted an expereinced Linux admin for 30,000/yr.
I think the real problem though, is SOMEONE is going to take that job and these companies are going to get away with this crap.
Don't Tread on Me
My contract ended Dec 31 and I have been looking for a job ever since. I can say it looks better than it did last year this time.