[olug] Finally, geek for a living

[Eric Lusk]

I did the TekSystems thing for a while... go figure
those places only seem to call shortly after you've
gotten a job offer somewhere else...
Even has another place call this morning offering a
one week job, would take it if not already employed.
And yeah, a degree is of little use, particularly an
old degree.  Like old certifications, no use if you
aren't keeping current or have no experience
otherwise.

--- Patrick Olsen <rattatpat at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I just got hired on at a new place...Was looking for
> while..I just got a 
> call about my resume from TekSystems i wont be going
> in for and interview 
> because i have a great new opportunity at this
> place. Also i got an email 
> from a place in NYC asking if i was willing to move
> there...Would i yes but 
> again to good of new job. Money is one thing you
> might have to take a dent 
> on anymore... I know one kid that wont work for
> under 80k and he just 
> graduated "moron" beggers and be choosers also your
> degree dosent mean 
> anything really in today market...I make more than
> both my roommates and i 
> get my associates in Nov. They both graduated from
> UNO with Computer Eng. 
> funny how that works....But none of them had actual
> work experience...Thats 
> KEY today...
> 
> 
> >From: Eric Lusk <wyrmzr72 at yahoo.com>
> >Reply-To: Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
> >To: Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
> >Subject: Re: [olug] Finally, geek for a living
> >Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 13:42:03 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> >Yeah, I did the tech support thing at West for a
> >while... Not a good thing for someone with
> allergies,
> >I found myself losing my voice talking so much on
> the
> >phone....
> >But you've got to HAVE a job to GET one, so I had
> no
> >problem doing the customer service job I'm doing; I
> >was even referred by my current employer to my
> future
> >one.
> >So long as I can keep busy, I'll be in good shape.
> >Been so underpaid for so long that I'll probably
> still
> >have to do the bankruptcy thing to catch back up to
> >where I used to be...
> >For those of you looking, make sure you have a good
> >resume and you may have to be willing to do some
> >pathetic job to get by while you look, but it sure
> >beats sitting around the house doing nothing.
> >At least, most of the time...
> >--- shaughn at emosai.net wrote:
> >
> > > Well, good job / luck! I recently got layed off
> from
> > > doing tech work /
> > > webmaster. Only problem is this town pretty much
> HAS
> > > no other computer
> > > jobs. I could do phone support for 6 dollars an
> > > hour.
> > >
> > > don't know why i replied, just congrads!
> > >
> > > > Well, 2 weeks from now I'll be back to being a
> > > geek
> > > > for a living.  Have been doing jobs for a
> while
> > > that
> > > > have not even approached using my
> troubleshooting
> > > and
> > > > server skills; right now I'm in a customer
> service
> > > > job... it's money...
> > > > Only thing w/this new job is there will be
> more
> > > > window$ server stuff to learn; I've run a lot
> > > under
> > > > Linux, which so far as I've seen is typically
> more
> > > > difficult; Ive gotten used to having to edit
> files
> > > in
> > > > vi, and doing "make install", as opposed to
> point
> > > and
> > > > click.  Hope I can get used to the easy stuff
> :)
> > > > Now, if they would only pay me more like
> > > $30/hr....
> > > > But not in today's market.
> > > >
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