Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Monsters in the closet
I still get emails from monster.com for jobs in Dallas. I joined in 2001 when I moved there, and I've never cancelled it. If nothing else, it keeps me up to date on what skills are in demand and how the technology landscape has changed over the years since the dot-com bust.
When I first joined, people were looking for DBA-programmer-sysadmin-security-hardware-webenable professionals with 10 years of experience in whatever obscure technology they had roped themselves into. Lately, they've been asking for more specialized skills with less experience. Whew!
What a long, strange road it's been since the days of boom to bust and back again. I wonder if it's going to come in waves like that. Now, that would be interesting. If you can somehow manage to brave the storm of the next round of layoffs, you'll be in a better position for the next boom. [Nietzsche]
Second thought, that's a dumb idea. I just hope to be doing what I'm doing for as long as I can. If I ever end up not doing it, I'll probably take on something easier on the brain. I really enjoyed being a clerical temp for various companies.
When I first joined, people were looking for DBA-programmer-sysadmin-security-hardware-webenable professionals with 10 years of experience in whatever obscure technology they had roped themselves into. Lately, they've been asking for more specialized skills with less experience. Whew!
What a long, strange road it's been since the days of boom to bust and back again. I wonder if it's going to come in waves like that. Now, that would be interesting. If you can somehow manage to brave the storm of the next round of layoffs, you'll be in a better position for the next boom. [Nietzsche]
Second thought, that's a dumb idea. I just hope to be doing what I'm doing for as long as I can. If I ever end up not doing it, I'll probably take on something easier on the brain. I really enjoyed being a clerical temp for various companies.
