They say misery loves company. Well, for what it's worth: http://news.com.com/2100-1017-832553.html
Dude has an engineering degree from a respected school and an MBA and is tossing mail for the post office for $13 an hour. A former marketing manager is stocking shelves. Another guy with master's degrees from Columbia and Harvard is doing lawn-care work (forklifts, fertizilier, etc.) . Even more poignantly, a dude with computer and networking certifications (doesn't specify what kind of certs) now has the hazardous job of clearing crud in an oil refinery coker unit. ""s vermill"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > When I was in high school (vocational) studying to be an electronic repair > technician, I thought I would retire from that job a very wealthy man. Two > realities caught up with me and the rest of that career field pretty > quickly. First, the throw away revolution. Second, a bloated job market > (DeVry was as common as McDonalds for a while there). I'm glad I didn't > mortgage the farm on a degree in that field. The Navy was kind enough to > give me a "free" education instead. I guess if you have a perfect job, you > had better start looking for the next one. > > > AMR wrote: > > > > Something I have noticed with clients is that they have laid > > off too deep > > and then end up having to use jr. staff or rehire staff with > > the same > > constrained budget to manage their systems and network. As a > > result these > > companies are still running their networks but with less > > qualified staff at > > much lower wages. It seems great at first but these companies > > will come to > > their senses when their network falls apart. But I hear your > > frustration. > > > > You also have to understand that MASSIVE number of people > > rushing into the > > networking/IT job market. It's simple economics. The more > > people that come > > into the sector, the fewer the jobs, and the lower the wages. > > If you are > > old enough to recall or study historical data this has happened > > to several > > job sectors in the past. The last I recall reading about was > > the jet > > mechanics in the commercial airline industry. Not a lot of > > highly skilled > > people available so those that were qualified were writing > > their own > > tickets. Eventually more people were lured into that skillset > > with the > > amount of money they saw. The jobs became fewer and the > > salaries lowered as > > a result and then the airlines hit a few down periods and that > > killed the > > massive interest in being an airline mechanic. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=35752&t=35611 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
