Well for what its worth, on the Washingtonjobs.com site, there were about 65 jobs that at least mentioned coldfusion.
larry -- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer EBStor.com 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 tel: (703) 393-7930 fax: (703) 393-2659 Web: http://www.ebstor.com http://www.pacel.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Raley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 2:37 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Laid Off > > > hopefully I will be shortly myself... > time to break out on my own and go back to the commercial world. > > > > > > Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 04/29/2002 02:36:15 PM > > Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc: (bcc: Scott Raley/LPEC/ASD/SEMCORINC) > > Subject: RE: Laid Off > > > > Damned I'm glad I'm out of that now. > > larry > > -- > Larry C. Lyons > ColdFusion/Web Developer > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > EBStor.com > 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > tel: (703) 393-7930 > fax: (703) 393-2659 > Web: http://www.ebstor.com > http://www.pacel.com > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > -- > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Scott Raley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 2:29 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Laid Off > > > > > > Yep and 6 months after that the same faces will show back up > > on some other > > project they want done. Thats how it is here with the navy... > > Faces come and go, > > but the show back up like clockwork. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 04/29/2002 02:28:57 PM > > > > Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > cc: (bcc: Scott Raley/LPEC/ASD/SEMCORINC) > > > > Subject: RE: Laid Off > > > > > > > > Scott, > > > > Typical. And in 6 months they'll lay the people off who were > > contracted to > > get the thing up and running. In the end it will cost about 3 > > times as much > > and end up doing about half of what they wanted. > > > > larry > > > > -- > > Larry C. Lyons > > ColdFusion/Web Developer > > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > > EBStor.com > > 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > > Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > > tel: (703) 393-7930 > > fax: (703) 393-2659 > > Web: http://www.ebstor.com > > http://www.pacel.com > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > > -- > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Scott Raley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 2:21 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: RE: Laid Off > > > > > > > > > The contractor I was working for last month lost its > > > contract. Government > > > decided it could go buy a COTS package and do the same thing > > > they were paying > > > for us to build. Yeah right... How many COTS are out there > > > that will take a govt > > > PO number so they can buy a stock TMS system with a bunch of > > > NIIN's .... ;) > > > I hope they have fun... so I just started a new job at a new > > > defense contractor > > > two weeks ago... two of the people on my team got laid off > > > Friday cause they > > > hadnt found jobs yet... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 04/29/2002 02:19:52 PM > > > > > > Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > cc: (bcc: Scott Raley/LPEC/ASD/SEMCORINC) > > > > > > Subject: RE: Laid Off > > > > > > > > > > > > True but this practice is very common among government > > > contractors. I've > > > seen it all too often. > > > > > > larry > > > > > > -- > > > Larry C. Lyons > > > ColdFusion/Web Developer > > > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > > > EBStor.com > > > 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > > > Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > > > tel: (703) 393-7930 > > > fax: (703) 393-2659 > > > Web: http://www.ebstor.com > > > http://www.pacel.com > > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > > > -- > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Michael Haggerty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 2:19 PM > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: RE: Laid Off > > > > > > > > > > > > Nobody ever said life is fair... > > > > > > > > M > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 2:13 PM > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: Re: Laid Off > > > > > > > > > > > > Bummer! > > > > Let me see if I have this right: > > > > You were doing a good job, > > > > so you got laid off, > > > > so they could bring in cs people > > > > to take care of the problems > > > > from the folks who did a bad job? > > > > This is called "fair"?? > > > > *Not*. > > > > > > > > -Ben > > > > > > > > > On Friday, my contractual job with the government ended in > > > > a blaze of... > > > > > well, it wasn't glory, that's for sure! > > > > > > > > > > I was called off site for an important meeting. Everyone > > > > was smiling, > > > > which > > > > > is always a bad sign with defense contractors. > > > > > > > > > > One of the groups I worked with 'required additional > > > > staffing' and 'demand > > > > > for enhancements to the Web site has gone down' since I > > > > started were the > > > > > reasons they cited. In other words, I was doing my job well > > > > and others on > > > > > the contract were not pulling their weight. In order to > > > > make their lives > > > > > easier, they laid me off and hired more people for > > client support. > > > > > > > > > > And I was doing so well... *gnashes teeth, pulls on hair, > > > > curses cruel > > > > fate* > > > > > > > > > > On the other hand, I have some excellent references. > > > Anybody know of > > > > > anything in the DC area for someone skilled in Flash > > > > Actionscript / Cold > > > > > Fusion / XML / SQL Server / Photoshop? > > > > > > > > > > M > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
