new job

[damiano]

I am very happy today;
I just signed all the papers to start a new job as an IT consultant in NYC on the first of december.
Will be moving from miami to NYC next month.
Just wanted to share that with you guys,
No more porn web site for me (see sig)
but it looks like I have found a great job...
Yeeepa


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[iamme]

lol, congrats

 

[MomAndSkoorbaby]

Yaye! Way to go! That's a big move...

 

[StageLeft]

Congrats.

 

[Spac3d]

Congrats! I wish I had an IT job in NYC hehe

Spac3d

 

[damiano]

wait a bit and contact me.
maybe i can help out...who knows ?


cheers

Damiano

 

[Dat]

i'm a java developer in nyc debating if i should consider contract work. the market's kinda fierce right now and it looks like contrators are getting the axe left and right...

 

[damiano]

i don't know what to think
i gues that if you do contracting for a small and solid company (ie the one I will work for ) with a good list of clients
it should be pretty good.
Consultants are getting axed from the big consulting firms.

 

[Dat]

o i c. I thought you were like a direct contractor or independent consultant. Working for a consulting company offers a bit more stability. So why the move from florida to ny? Did they really offer alot more money? The weather here's pretty cold...

 

[damiano]

Originally posted by: Dat
o i c. I thought you were like a direct contractor or independent consultant. Working for a consulting company offers a bit more stability. So why the move from florida to ny? Did they really offer alot more money? The weather here's pretty cold...

pretty good salary,
great oportunity
plus i will still have a place in SOBE (aka South beach) to go on the week ends when it's too cold up here,
and I was starting to be tired of working for a dot com and the job market in Miami sucks.
Plus I Love NYC

 

[Scarpozzi]

Congrats!

 

[kh3443]

Is there a demand for the IT professionals in NYC?? I'm in the west coast and would relocate if there are oppurtunities.

 

[dmcowen674]

Congrats, hopefully more jobs will be coming online soon.

 

[damiano]

I found my job with contacts (not online)
It's much easier this way...
you guys wait a few months and i will keep everybody posted to see if I can help anybody out up here
cheers
Damiano

 

[Dat]

kh3443 - i would not relocate unless you had a guaranteed thing. There is always demand in nyc but its definitely very low. There's like 100s of people available for a given position, albeit alot of them suck. We were looking to hire on a developer a while back and went through interviewing like 20 people. Like 16 of them had been out of work for months and 2 were out of work for over 6 months. Unfortunately, all of them sucked - if we had found the right person, we would have hired him/her.

Rates have gone down drastically as well - positions that used to pay 80-120 an hour are now being peddled for 35-70...

Wall st. (along with IT companies) was especially hard hit - so I know alot of people out of work in nyc.