[TriLUG] New member re-location question

[Chris Magnus Hedemark]

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On Wednesday, June 11, 2003, at 09:02 AM, Philip Buckley wrote:

> The market is the same here... in fact I am working as a carpenter up 
> here right now. I am in the middle of a 2 year "hiatus" myself, and 
> that's why we're heading south. Listening to the economic reports out 
> of the govt for New England say "no signs of an upturn for at least 2 
> years" - so what the hell do I have to lose?

A lot, actually.

If you are going to go to the pain of moving to another job market, you 
ought to take the time to evaluate the job market you want to move to 
and see if it is viable or not.  I was in a pinch and found that 
Philadelphia was doing better than RTP.  What helped is that I had a 
strong support network in Philly (lots of family) so I got a job up 
here and moved.

I've had three calls in the last week from headhunters who had VERY 
GOOD FITS for jobs for me.  In RTP I could go 8 months without getting 
a single call back let alone an interview (and believe me I was 
looking... for a year and a half!)  This is for a sysadmin with 9 years 
of experience with both Windows and UNIX.

> How's the carpentry job market down there ;-)

Ask again after the next hurricane hits.  You could be on a waiting 
list for a carpenter for a looong loooooooong time down there after a 
hurricane hits.
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