Light at the end of the tunnel for IT guys ...
 

For any IT people weathering the crappy job market, I thought I'd let you know there is light at the end of the tunnel ...

My timeline ...
Q3 2001 - landed in Canada
Q1 2002 - got first job
Q2 2003 - got laid off from first job
Q3 2003 - offered unadvertised 2nd job, with another advertised job offer on the table
Q4 2004 - thought about moving to GTA, cast bread upon the waters (ie.sent my resume to employers)
Q1 2005 - employers are now coming to me asking if I'm interested in jobs they have in Calgary - aparently IT in the west is now booming

There is hope ... you just gotta work at it :D

Re: Light at the end of the tunnel for IT guys ...
 

Best thing I've heard all week, especially now I've started filling in all the paperwork :)

Sadly I can't give karma, as I have to spread it round some more :(

Re: Light at the end of the tunnel for IT guys ...
 

If you're spreading anything around, let it be Marmite :D

Things are really starting to look up ... just arranged an interview ... the director just happens to be in town ... after a rocky start, this week is getting better :D

Guess it means I can chuck my Idiots Guide to Repairing Elevators in the trash :eek:

Re: Light at the end of the tunnel for IT guys ...
 

And here I would have thought it would have been your idiots guide to repairing Macs'?......decided to keep it just in case did you? :p

Re: Light at the end of the tunnel for IT guys ...
 

If I'd have known you wanted Marmite I could have dropped some by the other week ! :D

on a tangent, you know the french have a saying about spreading things around...

"Culture is like jam, the less you have the more you spread it around" :)

Re: Light at the end of the tunnel for IT guys ...
 

hmm why would you make an idiot's guide to that..becuase only an idiot would buy a Mac ?? :D

Right that's it here from me now, no more Mac references :D

btw another one in the office failed yesterday..that's 3 failures on 3 G5s.

Re: Light at the end of the tunnel for IT guys ...
 

Which is of course the opposite to their approach to deodorant :D

Re: Light at the end of the tunnel for IT guys ...
 

Good approach ... don't encourage her ....

Re: Light at the end of the tunnel for IT guys ...
 

If I were you, I would tread very softly and carry a "big stick"......I would have thought that any reputable computer engineer.....would be able to appreciate the finer points of a Mac...... :p

Macs' are very sensitive and have souls.....if they know you don't appreciate them....they put a curse on you.....

Re: Light at the end of the tunnel for IT guys ...
 

I've had my fun with the guys here at work using Macs ;)

Re: Light at the end of the tunnel for IT guys ...
 

It's more fun to be disreputable...:)

Re: Light at the end of the tunnel for IT guys ...
 

They make pretty coloured doorstops or oversized paperweights ...

Re: Light at the end of the tunnel for IT guys ...
 

So I can gather from your comments......think we need to have a little chat...... :p

Re: Light at the end of the tunnel for IT guys ...
 

Oh oh ... time for castration anxiety ...

Re: Light at the end of the tunnel for IT guys ...
 

After my visit I have a hockey puck for this purpose :)