From: Ellen K. 

I'll take earthquakes over hurricanes any day.  An earthquake is over in a
few seconds or minutes.

There are usually almost no IT jobs in the newspaper, you really have to go
online.  Dice is ALL technical jobs, Monster also has a lot.

On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 15:23:17 -0400, "Robert Comer"
 wrote in message :

>> I don't see why you'd have to move, and I have seen the jobs and know
>> if you want to try you can find something.
>
>This plant may not last very much longer, what was left of the domestic
>textile industry is crumbling fast, that's why I have to keep my eyes open
>for the job market.  As for finding something I'm not all that sure, I'm way
>over qualified for a lot of jobs, and underqualified for others.
>
>One job in the newspaper in a week is a VERY poor market, there's a lot of
>people already out of work trying to get that job.  (and yes, I looked
>today, one IT manager for a bigger company, I wouldn't qualify, and one for
>the post and courier that I might, but I know they're looking for different
>experience than I have.)
>
>I do have good contacts in a few places, so maybe it wouldn't be that bad to
>find a job, and perhaps when I get debt free, "I'll just say what
the heck."
>
>>It comes and goes but I've
>> seen some very good jobs listed and I often think 'this looks like
>> something that would better fit Bob.'
>
>I wish I'd see them. 
>
>>Check the online classifieds.
>
>I haven't been checking those for awhile, I'll have to start. (other than
>government, and there's been a lot of those actually, just not quite what I
>want where I want yet, and there are other reasons I might not get something
>like that. )
>
>> There's much to be said for the autonomy.  IT doesn't get much respect
>> so if you are mostly happy where you are you're probably ahead of most
>> of your peers.
>
>For a lot of things, it's a great job.  I just wish I had a budget to update
>some the machines. (we still have a couple 486's in service -- one Win3.1,
>and the others Win95 -- it's extremely painful to work on those!)  More
>money for myself would be nice as well. :)
>
>One big problem with it is I'm on call *all* the time, so I never can get it
>off my mind. :(
>
>Next month I'll have been here 10 years if you can believe that!
>
>> We were out in Morro Bat CA last month and let me tell you if I could
>> afford to move there I would have to consider it...what nice weather
>> and no hurricanes!
>
>One word, earthquakes.  I lived in CA for awhile and I was more afraid of
>those than I am of hurricanes.
>
>- Bob Comer
>
>"Richard B."  wrote in message
>news:ulr2d15ls4cdhep1d7sqqs7ku3sku8ndr4{at}4ax.com...
>> On Sat, 9 Jul 2005 18:42:16 -0400, "Robert Comer"
>>  wrote:
>>
>>>No, I'm not all that interested in moving, the pay and budget
stinks where
>>>I'm at but I have a lot of autonomy.
>>
>>>I really have been looking at the jobs though and there really
hasn't been
>>>much for a long time.
>>
>> I don't see why you'd have to move, and I have seen the jobs and know
>> if you want to try you can find something.  Reason I know this is my
>> wife has been working and interviewing quite a bit and I look for
>> possibilities for her mostly in the paper.  It comes and goes but I've
>> seen some very good jobs listed and I often think 'this looks like
>> something that would better fit Bob.'  Check the online classifieds.
>>
>> There's much to be said for the autonomy.  IT doesn't get much respect
>> so if you are mostly happy where you are you're probably ahead of most
>> of your peers.
>>
>> We were out in Morro Bat CA last month and let me tell you if I could
>> afford to move there I would have to consider it...what nice weather
>> and no hurricanes!
>>
>> - Richard
>

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