Good luck! On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 10:24 AM, andrew mcelroy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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] >> 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 >
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