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Do Nice Engineers Finish Last In Tough Times?
jammag writes "As the wave of pink slips is starting to resemble Robespierre and his guillotine, the maneuvering among tech professionals to hang on to their job is getting ugly. IT Management describes the inter-office competition between the manager of a server farm and the supervisor of networks and security. One was nice, giving his team members credit, taking responsibility when something went wrong. The other was a backstabber who spent plenty of time sucking up to the management. As the inevitable cuts came, who do you think hung on to their job?"
I don't think downtime would be too much of an issue if you could prove that you were staying busy at home.
You could cite self-employment for volunteer or contract work with a list of your projects, and if you have the money than you could take a class or two. Education always looks good if it's business/management or otherwise related to your career field.
Working is like riding a bike, one never forgets how to do it. Getting back into the swing of things may be a little bit of a hassle but that's usually how beginning any job goes.
I went to school for far too long and spent far too much time studying and passing govt mandated tests to be lumped in with every IT guy and designer. They are NOT equivalent.
If Doug (in TFA) didn't sound like the Bush type, I don't know who does. He got away with it mostly without notice for about 5 years, but was eventually exposed.
Table-ized A.I.