On Sat, Aug 21, 2004 at 02:09:51AM -0700, Bob Evans wrote: > > > > > >My brother, the CPA (geekness runs in the family), > > recently moved > > >from the plastic credit business to the healthcare > > business. I was > > >floored that he was able to port his basic skills > > from one industry > > >to another. In the IT and engineering world such > > portability is > > >rare. The stratefication is stifling. > > ><snip> > > > > > I've been programming professionally since '79, on > everything from IBM mainframes, to all flavors of > UNIX, to PC. The kiss of death for me is: my entire > career has been in banking. > > When bofa riffed me in 2002, I tried to break out. Got
Hey! You'll have some Fleet folks to talk to soon :(. > an interview with Schneider Trucking and a couple > insurance companies in Greensboro, but actually got a > job at a bank. I can't break out. Ya see? Even if you offer to go back to square one it's not an easy sell. I've got telecom stamped on my forehead. (Stop laughing.) More cost-cutting in telecom is on the way. It is well known that the biggest cost in all markets is labor. The number 5000 may or may not be relevant. > > > > ===== > Bob Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] (read weekly...) > alternate [EMAIL PROTECTED] (read daily M-F) > 704 562-7166 mobile > 704 954-3415 office > 704-882-6214 home...last resort, please > > There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those > who don't. > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc -- Mike Moving forward in pushing back the envelope of the corporate paradigm. -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
