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How Will Recent Financial Downturns Affect IT Jobs?
An anonymous reader writes "So, with the financial crisis and loss of jobs everywhere, what are the chances of getting a good IT job? I'm going to graduate this year with a BS in Software Engineering majoring in Network Security. I'll be looking for a job as a penetration tester eventually, but I hear that is hard to get right out of college so I'll be looking for a job as a Junior Network Admin or similar type of job to start off in. Is there a lack of jobs in this field? I figure computers always need fixing so they have to have some sort of IT personnel on staff to maintain the core of their business. Anyone have a good insight on this issue?"
The good news is that there are some companies who'll see "penetration tester" on your resume and immediately hire you.
The bad news is that many of those jobs will involve creepy bosses and excessive amounts of astroglide.
Aim high, get the job you want for the pay you want or stay in school, any other choice will hurt your earnings potential for literally decades to come.
1) Bet X dollars on red. If you win, goto 3. If you lose, let X:=2*X and goto 1.
2) ???
3) Profit!
Reasoning like this from economists is why we're in this mess in the first place. In capitalism, for every winner, there are necessarily losers.
"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something" - Plato
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Word.
== Jez ==
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complete nonsense. its all in how you write it.
"worked on a real-time multi-threaded physics-based interactive simulation for packet-radio based embedded communication systems on an open-standards based platform" sounds better than "worked on ping pong for android". its all in the wording.
So when can you start?
... you'll be arrested. I'll be looking for a job as a penetration tester
"Keeping busy is a major sign of maturity and helps the hirer decide whether or not you have a positive attitude."
It's not merely a sign of maturity, but it's a major sign of maturity. What are the other major and minor signs of maturity?
What exactly is a positive attitude? What is it's relationship to the major and minor signs of maturity and how does it relate to the bottom line of a company? Why does the hirer need help in deciding if the candidate has it?