From: "Robert Comer" 

> 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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