On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 9:18 AM, John F. Eldredge <[email protected]>wrote:
> Last Friday, I was told that my position was being downsized. Two > departments are merging, and management decided that they didn't need as > many developers as they had before. I had worked for Emdeon for five and a > half years, but only for about one and a half years in the current > department, so I lacked seniority. My last day on the payroll is September > 3rd, but I am already off-duty, using up accrued vacation time. > > So, I am seeking new employment. I have 24 years experience as a > programmer/analyst, on both Unix and Microsoft systems. My most recent > experience has been in Perl and C, on a Unix platform. If anyone knows of > an opening, I would appreciate hearing about it. > > C + Unix experience is still very valuable. I've seen a few embedded systems (begal board type stuff) job postings on craiglist lately. As for certs, I have not needed certs to find employment. http://jobs.perl.org/search?q=nashville+tn It looks like Books a Million needs a perl guy/gal. The good news is knowing c and a scripting lang (perl is good enough) and unix are still very marketable skills. It might not hurt to brush up on android and the happenings in perl 6. Also what databases do you know? While NoSQL has a lot of hype behind it, being familiar with at least a hello world couchdb or mongodb might not hurt either. It's a tough market, but not an impossible one. Andrew McElroy -- > John F. Eldredge -- [email protected] > "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not > to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<nlug-talk%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
