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I'll confirm Bryan's opinion. Austin is bad; San Antonio is worse. I used to
get offers from Austin every month or so while I was working for a dot-bomb.
Now that I've been set free and actually decided to try the Austin market,
jobs were harder to find than in San Antonio. Now, however, since USAA let
go of a huge number of IT folks, TWs are doing everything but stand in line
outside the door of anyone who advertises for such a position. I got laid
off two months ago. I've had two interviews: one for each TW/Documentation
Specialist position advertised.
K. Joyce McDonald
Dot-bomb refugee
----- Original Message -----
From: <bryan -dot- westbrook -at- amd -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 1:41 PM
Subject: RE: US job perspective-the East Coast view
> It's the same way in Texas. Several months ago, the state legislature
> blamed it on the outgoing governor making a mess of the budget.
>
> Of course, the job market in Austin is tight all around. The dot.bomb
> implosion hit this town like the Enola Gay.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ward, Curtis (DST-CLT) [mailto:curtis_ward -at- dstinteractive -dot- com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 1:38 PM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: RE: US job perspective-the East Coast view
>
> Bill Swallow wrote: "Same goes for state offices."
>
> You're not from around these parts, are ya'?
>
> Jobs of any kind at the state level in NC are hard to come these days --
big
> time budget crunch. And unfortunately there is a trickle-down effect at
the
> county level. If you're already in, the job is pretty secure, but there
are
> all kinds of hiring freezes.
>
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