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| bad timing Of course you know a part of me is focused on that part of her " It's a bad time to start a company" statement saying, "Everyone's gainfully employed, and fielding several offers." That is, everyone who has a current skillset. I wonder how many people are floating in the same boat as me, one of expired skills because you had to work elsewhere in order to pay for groceries? I am sure, if my recent interviewing experiences have been similar, that when you post a position you still have hundreds if not thousands of people applying. The schools are still churning out candidates without any experience and probably sub-standard skills. Maybe the programmers with the Hot Skillz are already snatched up but you already know they were the first to be re-employed after the bubble burst and they are nervous about leaving their stable little company job for another potential burst of the bubble. Sure, everyone wants to be offered 100k for their job but no one wants to be looking for work three years later when the wonder snazzy everyone-will-subscribe Web2.0 tool turns out to be just another bad Flickr clone. Bitter? Not me. Speaking of, I have actually met someone who is even more bitter about this than me. She is from the previous generation of IT people, someone who never actually had any programming or technology skills but ended up in middle management managing workflow. Her job required to repeat what she was doing and never update. Once unemployed she had nothing to market and still bemoans the fact today some 6 years later. March 25 06 |
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OMG, the whole "time is passing and my skills are deteriorating" thing has been haunting me lately like you wouldn't believe. While I am gainfully employed at the moment, the bulk of my portfolio is 4 years old. Very scary.
Posted by: jen at March 25, 2006 05:45 PM
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