Was Geek Jobs

*!* From: Trent Shipley <tcshipley@earthlink.net>
*!* To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
*!* Subject: Was Geek Jobs
*!* Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 00:14:02 -0700
*!* Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us

*!* Are computer geeks (outside of webdom) having more
unemployment troubles than
*!* the rest of the population? The economy sucks for everybody.

*!* Maybe its just that this is the first time that computer
geeks have really
*!* been in sufficient supply relative to demand that they are
feeling a
*!* recession?

*!* Another part of it may be that the computer-geek community
really rode the
*!* internet bubble in the late 1990's and there are jobs but the
pay has come
*!* back down into the realm of sanity. The result is that much
of Geekdom needs
*!* to find salaries that sadly no longer exist.

*!* (I am pretty certain that the Pointy Haired Managers and Evil
Queens of HR
*!* have yet to discover that bright high-school kids can be
hired part time to
*!* do 50% of the IS/IT workload! [and next 45% can be done by
the same kids
*!* after they have three to five years of experience]).

And who will lead them? Who will be responsible to stay late?
Who will be there at 8:00am and 2:00am as may be needed. HS kids
should be mentored and used to supplement only. Mission critical
systems need mission oriented professionals who need mission
oriented compensation!

Keith