I just want to thank Stas for the great link... very entertaining and
informative!
- Sean
On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, Jeffrey W. Baker wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, Stas Bekman wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, mehryar wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Im not sure about the contract positions but this is traditionally the
> > > time of the year when people decide its time for a change, its endemic to
> > > all other types of industries not just the software industry.
> > > And to alleviate your paranoia a little, a report I read last month said
> > > software jobs were actually on the increase, rivalling the ever
> > > hungry system administration job market.
> >
> > Not really, if you didn't know about http://fuckedcompany.com/ you should
> > check it out. (It has nothing to do with XXX). While you are on the spot
> > especially look at how many layoffs reported per day lately!!! Then check
> > the NASDAQ and you will get even more ideas about what's going on.
> >
> > It doesn't mean that we are in trouble, since mod_perl programmer are
> > scarce but the general trade is that many startups go busted.
>
> It's hard to believe how far off topic this is, but I'll reply in kind
> since the official list policeman has taken this path himself :)
>
> The most important thing I learned from fuckedcompany.com is the term
> "Javateer".
>
> -jwb
>
