That's a good point, Tony, but one of those articles quoted directly
from the Dept. of Labor (the one with the stats), so it's not just the
usual media love of blowing things out of proportion.  I completely
agree with you on the Valley, though--when I went back home to Reno a
couple of weeks ago, I discovered the economic downturn has hit much
harder there than it has here, so we're very lucky down here, IT or not.

Mike

On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:28:30 -0700, "Tony E - Jaraeth"
<jaraeth@phoenixwing.com> said:
> Don't trust everything you see & hear on /. ... Take a look at all the 
> media outlooks and gather a more average outlook on the IT market.  
> Arizona, especially the Valley, are ripe for IT.  It's all in the local 
> market, read your local paper such as AZCentral.com online, or pick up a 
> trees worth of fiber & ink.  Flagstaff, Tucson, Prescott & Phoenix all 
> vary greatly from one another as far as what is available for the IT
> market.
> 
> Ciao,
> 
>   Tony E
>   "Raptus regaliter"
>   jaraeth@phoenixwing.com
>   http://www.phoenixwing.com/
> 
> 
> 
> storkus@storkus.com wrote:
> > I've seen a pair of articles on /. about the depressing state of IT
> > right now, and it's making me, well, depressed!  My plan was to go to
> > community college in January (after getting my year residency here in
> > Arizona) and fix what I screwed up years ago (dropping out of college),
> > but now I'm wondering whether I'd be wasting my time and money.  Someone
> > at an installfest a few months ago (sorry I forgot your name, I'm
> > horrible for that) said to go for Network Admin because it's a fast
> > course and pays well (I'm 37), but now that I see all this with,
> > depending on how you look at it, 44k to 50k IT jobs gone this year alone
> > and more to come, well...maybe I should resign myself to hospitality or
> > driving for a living.
> >
> > Is this mostly FUD or is it really as bad as it's being made out to be? 
> > Is Net Admin the way to go for someone my age, or is there something
> > else I should consider?
> >
> > Thanks for reading my 3am thoughts.
> >
> > Mike
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