Re: 94!

Or move out of the bay area....

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Anthony Ettinger wrote:
> That's my biggest problem.
> 
> I'm on a single income, I get paid well now, and could
> afford mortgage payments a house in the south bay area
> (although it would take most of the income). But I'm
> afraid if I loose a job, I will not be able to find
> one in IT locally that pays as well.
> 
> The last few years, I've worked at 3 jobs, one high
> paying job during the boom, then about 44% of that
> during the bust. Now I make 117%  of my original
> dotcom salary. If I loose my job tomorrow, who knows
> what the heck I'll be making at the next job.
> 
> My dad worked for IBM for 26 years, talk about job
> security.
> 
> My only solution is to find a woman who makes roughly
> the same so we can support each other when one of us
> it out of work, or to start my own business and
> hopefully make the same amount of money at it.
> 
> 
> 
> --- John Von Essen <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>>The scary thing is with the low interest rates, home
>>values are 
>>sky-rocketing, while salaries are staying the same
>>and even shrinking. 
>>In some areas it is becoming very difficult to make
>>a decent living in 
>>IT field - not to mention zero job security.
>>
>>-john
>>
>>On Apr 2, 2004, at 9:35 PM, Anthony Ettinger wrote:
>>
>>
>>>The number of jobs seems to be increasing, but
>>
>>what we
>>
>>>really need for recovery to begin is the number of
>>>higher paying jobs to increase.
>>>
>>>I get calls from recruiters with mediocre
>>
>>salaries,
>>
>>>and they admit that it's targeted at someone who
>>
>>is
>>
>>>unemployed and will work for lower wages. I'm sure
>>>they skim more than a little bit off the top.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>--- Drew Taylor <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Uri Guttman wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>well, the one we just got today in NYC is a
>>
>>doozy.
>>
>>>>$35/hr in nyc!?!
>>>>
>>>>I thought the same thing when I read it. :-)
>>>>
>>>>Drew
>>>>-- 
>>>>
>>>
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