On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 7:44 AM, Josh Coffman
<josh@computeristsolutions.com> wrote:
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 4:59 AM,
<storkus@storkus.com> wrote:
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
My personal experience and what I see on job boards indicates that demand for programmers remains strong.
Hi Josh,
Job boards, especially free ones, are not a reliable indicator. Many people use those boards to gauge markets, which means that a lot of the postings are not legitimate jobs.
My take on the economy: there is a major reorientation underway. We have just funneled an enormous amount of tax money into insolvent semi-private institutions, which not only is a huge expense, it stands as perhaps one of the greatest erosions of american commercial concepts in history. Remember these same people who we are bailing out were stating huge profits (private profits) as little as 2 years ago. Any economic region based on real estate is going to deflate severely. Most raw material and agro commodities will retain their value, while all RE assets and just about any job market related to it will be a wash.
I had mentioned before that the direction the economy is going might very well be a GOOD thing for FOSS developers. I concede that a weaker comparative dollar will actually stimulate the FOSS sector. Licensed software is supported by this currency differential, take it away and much of the wealth will shift into other schema. jmz
Now I'm more focused on windows development because that's what I do, but I also watch non-windows ads because I'd like to get away from windows eventually.
Lately I've seen job postings for MySQL admins, which is something I haven't seen in a while or maybe not ever. Usually, its for a PHP dev or Linux admin position. I'm inclined to think that demand is strong enough to warrant a dedicated MySQL position.
I watch both local job boards and some for areas like L.A. Also, I should note that I'm pay attention to senior level positions because that fits me better. Although, I also look at mid-level postings for non-windows gigs.
good luck
-j
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