Just a thought.
Just as there is a glut of Fiber, I believe the market created a
glut of Tech works. I remember going to a Technical School, and before
slapping down 15k for a networking Degree in 1998 (BTW, the school went
under a year ago http://clcx.com ) I heard numbers like "This industry
will be behind 500k Tech workers due to lack of Skill by 2004...Get the
skills now.... (paraphrasing)"
Today I hear "man I really wanted to be a teacher, or be into
real-estate, or Digital Video Editing (all real cases), but I got into
this and was making so much $$...." People jumped into the band wagon
just like the Telecom Co's jumped into the Fiber Band Wagon. Most of the
time with good reasons. Now we have so much Fiber and Tech Skills. I
think this will be short lived (24 Months??? Thoughts, Comments...), but
I believe the $$ mongers will move on to the next $$ maker, and those of
us who love this field, will need to wait the shake out, and wait until
the Big Bean counters at Telco's, Carries, and such learn how to make
money while dong it with less. Perhaps the word "less" should be
replaced with "reasonable number of Tech Workers & realistic goals". I
know I am generalizing a bit, but think back a few years.
I remember a friend working at a big Carrier (starts with "Q") making
100k. This dear friend got me into this Field. Now he paints houses. In
fact, the guy who sat next to me got Pink slipped on Friday (80k Job).
Today he starts painting houses by day, and selling insurance by night..
The Fiber leasers/owners, Telco Equipment makers, and us all jumped
in. Now we (Tech Workers/Engineers) wait to see who gives up, moves on,
and who waits it out because the want to do this. Not to be a miser, but
I think this industry will be the last to recover economically.
-Kevin
nrf wrote:
>They say misery loves company. Well, for what it's worth:
>
>http://news.com.com/2100-1017-832553.html
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>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.
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>""s vermill"" wrote in message
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>>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.
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