Recent content by EmperorRob

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    What's the cost of living in Des Moines, IA?

    Where I'm at now I own a new 1300 sqft house in the suburbs. I'm comfortable with that. Having never been to IA I have no idea what it's like there.
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    What's the cost of living in Des Moines, IA?

    Oh sorry. I Misunderstood what you were saying. You are exactly right. I've been turned down for 2 jobs already I would've gotten hired for if the economy were in better shape. With so many people flooding the job market it makes it harder to turn down jobs.
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    What's the cost of living in Des Moines, IA?

    Because I was laid off from my job in Little Rock and have not had an offer yet in nearly 2 months despite having 9 years experience. It's more about opportunity than me throwing a dart at a map. My real problem is I'm a Linux C++/Perl guy and nearly everything I see now is .NET.
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    What's the cost of living in Des Moines, IA?

    I'm single, living in Little Rock now. My last job was significantly lower than that and I lived comfortably. However I have been looking at possibly relocating and I know many places such as the west coast have a very high cost of living so I wanted to check with the experts here :)
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    What's the cost of living in Des Moines, IA?

    Also, is it a good place to live? I'd appreciate any opinions from people who live or have lived there. I have a potential job offer there and I'm negotiating salary.
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    Need some professional career advice

    In the area where I live 99% of the web development jobs are .NET. When you say Java, do you mean just Java or Javascript as well? Not being a Java guy I never saw what the limitations of .NET vs Java vs Javascript vs PHP are. I can learn and write anything and it sounds like creating an...
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    Need some professional career advice

    In a perfect world I'd go back and get a Master's in graphic design once I got a good job. I am a code monkey but I'd like to work on the interfaces as well. But I'm definitely not at a professional level artistry-wise so I'd be more of the back-end coder for sure. C# is my kryptonite...
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    Need some professional career advice

    After 8 years working in a data warehouse company writing C++ and Perl on all *nix Operating Systems I would like to make the transition into web development. I have some experience installing, configuring, and writing in Apache, Perl, and PHP. I interviewed twice for a good job over the last...
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    Anyone work for Verizon?

    I'm not familiar with Asurion.
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    Anyone work for Verizon?

    The acquisition is final but the changes are unannounced. But before I even entertain the idea of surviving the inevitable layoffs and relocations I want to know if it's a job worth taking a chance for. It'd be in software development.
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    Anyone work for Verizon?

    I'm looking at a position at a company that will soon be acquired by Verizon. I was wondering if anyone here works for them and what they think.
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    Best Buy Consipracy!!

    Click on any link on their site and it takes you to "Search for tv for xbox360"
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    Mandatory Install Needed for Hot Shots Golf and Lost Planet

    Ninja Gaiden Sigma has an optional install but it doesn't seem to improve anything. The DMC4 install was by far the longest I've seen. Took roughly 10-15 minutes.
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    God of War II got 9.7 on IGN, and now 9.2 from Gamespot

    :camera:s of your friend who likes to play God of War.
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    Circuit City closing 69 stores, clearance sales Wednesday

    I went to Circuity City last night and they would not even pricematch their own website price on a stereo. So I wasn't about to use the $40 coupon. Why create 2 different promotions and only honor 1 of them? Not only that the employees told me they will no longer pricematch anyone as part of...