At 06:03 PM 1/20/2005, you wrote: >I've recently been "canned" in a merger due to reasons pertaining to not >getting up to speed with DotNet quick enough (company will no longer be >using Cold Fusion, which I am at >"Advanced level" of development), and stated they can find expert level >DotNet developers overseas (where majority of programming has gone the >past two years) far cheaper than the American programmer. Kinda >un-patriotic, but for a lot of captialistic companies it seems to be the >way things are going. Anyway ... I start a new IT related job next week >at a 7% increase in pay.
That is fantastic. Congrats on the new job. > What I am curious about is have your lost your >job recently to: > > 1) cheap foreigner labor? I own my own company, so theoretically I'll never lose a job. On the other hand, if I don't have clients I'll be in rough shape. I have lost 1 contract to an off-shore vendor. I have lost 1 contract to a bid so low that I believe it may have been an off-shore vendor. On the other hand, I was the "competitor" trying to steal away client A, so the job could have been bid so low as to get me out of the picture (it worked). I've lost at least two contracts based on price in the past 6 months. In both cases, I suspect the competitors were not off-shore. > 2) company alienating Cold Fusion because they've gotten "the bug" >w/regard to all the buzzwords circling around w/regard to DotNet (not >knocking DotNet ... is pretty cool - in one year with small number of >projects I've become quite good, but not expert level). There are so few companies around here using CF... >Lastly - even though I have a new job, which will be with small >non-political company versus large political company, I'm a little >depressed. I think my depression stems from the fact that I worked my >ass off for the company that canned me (60-80 weeks at times ... many >"all-nighters"), have varying skill-sets w/regard to server management, >programming, outsourcing management, hardware/software t-shooting. This >ever happen to you? Sort of. It is expected by a company that you're going to bust your butt to do what needs to be done. It is unfortunate. I actually burnt out and left that company. I didn't know I was burnt out until I looked back in retrospect. The lead developer at one of my clients was not born / raised in America (although he has been here for quite a while now). He said he is amazed the whole system doesn't full apart, since the workers have no loyalty to the company and the company has no loyalty to the workers. Yes, he was generalizing, but I think that is true to form. -- Jeffry Houser, Web Developer, Writer, Songwriter, Recording Engineer AIM: Reboog711 | Phone: 1-203-379-0773 -- My Books: <http://www.instantcoldfusion.com> My Recording Studio: <http://www.fcfstudios.com> My Energetic Acoustic Rock Band: <http://www.farcryfly.com> -- When did Reality Become TV ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware: a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:11:2185 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/11 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:11 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
