I don't know if this is going to make you feel better or not (probably not), but anyways it is not strictly true that there are all these networks that need to be maintained. A lot of people have wondered how the industry can be laying all these people off if there are a constant number of complex networks to maintain.
The fallacy in that logic is that in reality the number of networks, and their complexity, has indeed gone down in absolute terms. While the enterprise space still continues to maintain lukewarm demand, the telco/provider segment is nothing less than a disaster of epic proportions. I would contend that for every new box requisitioned by an enterprise, another 2 or 3 have been decommissioned by a dying provider. Check out the latest auction of Cisco gear from Excite@Home as a poignant example. Furthermore, much of the growth in the enterprise space requires very little skill to set up (i.e. install a single router to connect to an ISP), whereas provider networks tend to be tremendously complicated, therefore requiring great expertise to maintain, but of course now there is no more provider network to maintain. Hence, you have lots of highly skilled network dudes who got laid off from providers who are now competing for jobs running networks for enterprises. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Green" > To: > Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2002 11:16 AM > Subject: what is wrong with the job market ? [7:35611] > > > > seems all jobs have just vanished. well then who runs > > the networks and equipment ? it's real bad out there > > in the job market. > > any web sites to put the resume ? seems dice, monster, > > headhunter are not producing any results. > > > > how long is this goind to last ? > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games > > http://sports.yahoo.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=35691&t=35611 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
