IMHO: Where Have All the Jobs Gone?
Hi Lori, You're in Alaska. Does that have something to do with the lack of resumes? To many of us in the lower 48, Alaska is not a place we'd be willing to relocate to. Although, Ketchican is pretty far south and may not be any different from WI where I'm located. It just sounds so cold! ;}. I know of several people who used to be RPG developers and are now in different careers. Three are truck drivers and one is just completing her driver training. Two are selling real estate. One is back in college for nursing. And, one is opening a restaurant. Personally, I programmed in some version of RPG or COBOL from 1981 until 2001. I'd been programming in VB and C++ with some Java from 2001 to 2005. A prior AS400 client called me and I've been doing that for the last year. I've picked up more AS400 work and will continue to be busy. I'm also learning more Java, PHP, HTML and am dipping my toes into the open source pool and Linux pool. The point is that the post-Y2K slowdown moved some folks out of I.T. and into other fields. University enrollment in I.T. programs is way down. I'm not too surprised at the lack of interest in the position. Did you fill the position? Tom.
Hi Lori, You're in Alaska. Does that have something to do with the lack of resumes? To many of us in the lower 48, Alaska is not a place we'd be willing to relocate to. Although, Ketchican is pretty far south and may not be any different from WI where I'm located. It just sounds so cold! ;}. I know of several people who used to be RPG developers and are now in different careers. Three are truck drivers and one is just completing her driver training. Two are selling real estate. One is back in college for nursing. And, one is opening a restaurant. Personally, I programmed in some version of RPG or COBOL from 1981 until 2001. I'd been programming in VB and C++ with some Java from 2001 to 2005. A prior AS400 client called me and I've been doing that for the last year. I've picked up more AS400 work and will continue to be busy. I'm also learning more Java, PHP, HTML and am dipping my toes into the open source pool and Linux pool. The point is that the post-Y2K slowdown moved some folks out of I.T. and into other fields. University enrollment in I.T. programs is way down. I'm not too surprised at the lack of interest in the position. Did you fill the position? Tom.
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