There aren't a terribly huge amount of IT jobs. I've been fortunate to find work over the past 5 years in a rather depressed city of Ottawa. I just shake my head when I speak to students who are taking courses in IT and IT related fields and people tell them there are lots of jobs out there.
A lot of the people I went to college with are phone jockeys or aren't even doing what they were prepping for. Granted we all graduated at the WORST possible time in high-tech (2000-01), I was again fortunate to already have a few years under my belt before I started college.
About the only way for you to stick out from the croud of people trying to get the jobs is to take a co-op placement. It's how I started my career and what I reccommend to people wanting to get in to the industry.
Naturally I bring up the beer keg and free drinks at my work as motivation but not all of us are as lucky;)
Kudos with your post I'm with you on this. Granted I've skimmed the posts and am not about to read all 400 or so but what seems to be lost is that Telus took this action after some jackasses cut the cable for phone service to a city that Telus serves.
And Telus is the bad guy for blocking a website which won't impact anyone? Please...
The US Shuttle was public domain, the Russians got the blueprints and were quite forward about it. Basically updating the version, hence the ability to be unmanned, more protection from heat, more cargo, blah blah...
Same thing with the DCX?
What? That's crazy talk.. Especially since all the major manufacturers have such faith in their product that they've dropped their warranty's from 3 years to 1! Now that's confidence...
/end sarcasm
Glad I procured a tape backup from my current employers...
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There aren't a terribly huge amount of IT jobs. I've been fortunate to find work over the past 5 years in a rather depressed city of Ottawa. I just shake my head when I speak to students who are taking courses in IT and IT related fields and people tell them there are lots of jobs out there.
;)
A lot of the people I went to college with are phone jockeys or aren't even doing what they were prepping for. Granted we all graduated at the WORST possible time in high-tech (2000-01), I was again fortunate to already have a few years under my belt before I started college.
About the only way for you to stick out from the croud of people trying to get the jobs is to take a co-op placement. It's how I started my career and what I reccommend to people wanting to get in to the industry.
Naturally I bring up the beer keg and free drinks at my work as motivation but not all of us are as lucky
Cheers,
Kudos with your post I'm with you on this. Granted I've skimmed the posts and am not about to read all 400 or so but what seems to be lost is that Telus took this action after some jackasses cut the cable for phone service to a city that Telus serves.
And Telus is the bad guy for blocking a website which won't impact anyone? Please...
I work for Telecom and we've been on it for quite some time thank you. Have faith people...
The US Shuttle was public domain, the Russians got the blueprints and were quite forward about it. Basically updating the version, hence the ability to be unmanned, more protection from heat, more cargo, blah blah... Same thing with the DCX?
What? That's crazy talk.. Especially since all the major manufacturers have such faith in their product that they've dropped their warranty's from 3 years to 1! Now that's confidence...
/end sarcasm
Glad I procured a tape backup from my current employers...