Bad I.T. market? Move to Texas.

[NogginBoink]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH

You have read the Dallas Morning News and the jillions of laid off IT admins right? About how many have taken jobs at Walmart, some are going back to school, etc. My friend who just graduated last August found absolutely nothing here and moved to Boston after Christmas to find work. I trust that as much as I'd trust HiveMaster for unbiased Republican party information

I hear you can get commercial real estate leases for a song now in Richardson.

 

[flavio]

People wear cowboy hats and boots and listen to country music in Texas right? I drove through Texas once and it has incredibly boring scenery until you get way out on the west end.

 

[Atrail]

What are you talking about. There is nothing in west Texas, just tumble weeds and towns that if you blink you will have missed them. Dallas, Houston, Austin, Gulf coast if you haven't been to these places you haven't seen Texas.

 

[Crab cake]

22K will get you 6 cans of Spam in Hawaii. I wouldn't even get out of bed for that kind of money. That's the kind of money I made 10 years ago with a part time job while I was still in college. The proliferation of paper certifcations has turned the once respectable IT specialty into a cheap commodity. What other profession can you find an applicant who 9 months ago was a short order cook and 2 years ago was a bus driver but now an MCSE and a CCNA? We got once such resume just a few weeks ago. The lure of quick riches in the IT world attracts all sort of people to the profession for the wrong reason. The sad thing is there is no gatekeeper, no screening agent so all sorts of people keep diving in. The stampede has really made a mockery out of it all. Certifications now a day are meaningless. Which is why I would NEVER pursue the certification route. My resume speaks for itself.


I've been wanting to get this off my chest for the longest time. I feel a lot better now.

 

[flavio]

Originally posted by: Atrail
What are you talking about. There is nothing in west Texas, just tumble weeds and towns that if you blink you will have missed them. Dallas, Houston, Austin, Gulf coast if you haven't been to these places you haven't seen Texas.

Yeah, stopped in Houston. What I'mtalking about is scenery....you know like geologic scenery, not buildings. Drove all the way through on route 10 and there was anything to look at until the very west end where there were some pretty decent mountains. Dallas Houston and Austin are pretty much flat right? I hear Big Bend down on the southern tip is interesting though.

Where do you ski?

 

[Atrail]

You don't ski in Texas!
You go to New Mexico or Colorado.
Winter sports, Texas Hah!