Wes:
I hate to ask you this but how old are you? I find that once we get over 55+
years old, it gets harder and harder to find a job doing anything. I notice
a lot of older guys managing convenience stores and the like. I also know
of 2 friends who became truck drivers; the companies like them because they
are extremely stable and have excellent driving records, are 100% reliable,
blah, blah and so on...they love it but are not making as much $ as before,
about $60k. They travel a lot too.
Anyway, you might want to give it another couple of months then get into
something else. What, I have no idea.
Good luck.
Mike
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Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 1:36 PM
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Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Miller Compressing Opportunity - Programmer/Analyst
<<snip
Anyone want to hire an ex-HP3000 programmer, Image DBA, Performance &
capacity planner with more recent HP-UX, Linux system admin skills, some
solid networking knowledge, and six years of supervisory experience?
snip>>
How can you, along with several other programmers who've posted a recent
note asking for a job, be unemployed? I have seen over a dozen HP3K
programmer jobs out on monster and careerbuilder lately. Are you not willing
to relocate? That's about the only HP3K opportunity left on the market..
I got into the "silo" of being an HP3K system admin many years ago and have
almost no Cobol programming (lot of JCL but so what). That really makes it
tough for me because today's employers want admins with background on all
platforms, not just 3K. I do have some HP-UX, but no Linux. So here I sit
for 4 months collecting unemployment still sending my resume from the
Atlantic to the Pacific (and willing to relocate).
I don't blame the guy who replaced me (I was a contractor) but I'm sure it
was your Linux experience that persuaded them to hire you perm. Hope all is
well with you and your family.
Wes
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