What's wrong with the market?

[Michael Pratt]

Look at who we got for a Prez..  You can thank good old Bush.  He has done
ok with the war though I will give him that.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael" <mogmios at mlug.missouri.edu>
To: "Bradley Miller" <bradmiller at dslonramp.com>
Cc: <kclug at kclug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 7:00 PM
Subject: Re: What's wrong with the market?

> I've been looking for a steady IT job for over a year since I lost my last
> job. Am reduced to doing non-geek stuff which I hate. I get some
> consulting work but not enough to keep the rent paid. What jobs that do
> exist want stupid things. I saw someone looking for an entry level web
> admin with a masters degree and ten years experience. How many people have
> ten years experience as a web admin? Any? Argh. I'm a pretty good
> programmer and sysadmin and I work cheap but I still get like no call
> backs and those I do get are from companies halfway across the country.
>
> It pisses me off seeing schools still pushing people into IT degrees even
> if they aren't good at this field. It helped screw the job market and they
> are still making it worse. Knowing how to play Minesweeper doesn't qualify
> someone to be a technician or programmer. :P
>
>
> I don't suffer from insanity... I enjoy every minute of it.
>
> ;):):-):):-):):-)8')
> Michael McGlothlin <mogmios at mlug.missouri.edu>
> http://mlug.missouri.edu/~mogmios/projects/
>
> On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, Bradley Miller wrote:
>
> > >BTW... what's wrong with the market?
> >
> > Anyone want to explore this question further?  KC Star Careers section
is
> > down to four or five columns in Sunday paper for IT jobs.  Sad.
> >
> > -- Bradley Miller
> >
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