[TriLUG] Not Linux: Anyone else feeling the pain?

[William Sutton]

And while we're advocating places to work, CACI has been good to me.  I 
don't know if they have any operations or contracts in NC, but they do 
government contracts and have a long and excellent record doing so.

If you do apply and tell them I referred you, I get a referral bonus.

William Sutton


On Wed, 19 Nov 2008, Tim Jowers wrote:

> FWIW, take a look at the website of the company where I work in
> Charlotte. We really need a good Performance Engineer and have several
> other jobs around the country. We are fairly stable as we have
> operations in Europe, Asia, and Africa as well plus some of our
> products are actually even more important in recession times I'm told.
> BTW, I can tell you more and maybe get a referral too. :-)
> http://www.s1.com/
>
> We also need rock star Java programmers but those are really hard to
> find at even very good pay. There are, however, tons of
> fog-the-mirror, seat-warmer programmers.
>
> Best luck to all. My advice is to enjoy some vacation time and find a
> job you enjoy. Sometimes "the next job" might be better passed on and
> you should wait for a "better job/better company",
> Tim Jowers
>
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 8:11 AM, Carl Crider <c.crider at gmail.com> wrote:
>>  I sold back the rest of my vacation and moved from salary to hourly.
>> This "should"
>> offset the recent pay cut. Unfortunately, Christmas with the
>> grandparents won't happen
>> this year and the kids are bummed. The recent economic mess has made my scar
>> from 2001 start hurting again. Hope everyone gets through this one OK.
>>
>> Carl
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 3:42 AM, Jason Evans <jason.s.evans at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I got my pink slip in August, but rather than waiting out my time for
>>> my 2 weeks of severance, I found a new job almost immediately.  At the
>>> end of my fourth week at the new job, I was given the pink slip again
>>> and half of my department was shown out the door on Oct 17.  Anybody
>>> need a linux saavy help desk guy with tons of experience?
>>>
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>> Jason
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 12:43 AM, William Sutton <william at trilug.org> wrote:
>>>> or '00.
>>>>
>>>> I got the walking papers from my first job out of college after 5 months
>>>> on the job... 2 weeks before Christmas.  Thank you net32 for a lesson in
>>>> job searching skills.
>>>>
>>>> It doesn't help anyone who just got cut if I say it now, but I learned
>>>> very quickly how important it is to have savings on hand.  One of my
>>>> former co-workers, also in his first big-money job, had loaded up on
>>>> expensive Christmas gifts for his family and friends--on credit.
>>>>
>>>> William Sutton
>>>> (grateful to be working on a government contract)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, 18 Nov 2008, Greg Brown wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> Anyone who calls IT "recession proof" wasn't alive in 2001-2002.
>>>>>> --
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Amen... *SHIVER*
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