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What that says to me is that there is another tech bubble starting. Right now the hiring standards (hopefully) haven't slipped too much. When the only require

What that says to me is that there is another tech bubble starting. Right now the hiring standards (hopefully) haven't slipped too much. When the only requirement to get a Python/Django job is that you read a Python for dummies book and can fog a mirror, welcome to 2001 again.

kls 16y ago
It may be starting, but with at about 20 years in the industry, I would say that we have reached what has been about the norm. With the greater economy in the state it is in though, it is almost certain to bubble again. Development or Nursing are about the only two decent prospects of drawing a decent salary now without a decade of education investment. It is only a matter of time until people smell blood again and start running this way. Which will mean a return to the worse than bad developers of the .com boom. We are a few years out if it happens though as it takes some time to go from, I know how to power a computer on to slapping together some code.
- iamelgringo 16y ago
  Development or Nursing are about the only two decent prospects of drawing a decent salary now without a decade of education investment. re: Nursing. Jobs are actually really pretty tight right now. (I moonlight as an ER nurse in SV). New graduates with no experience have having to move to get jobs. But, then, this area supports the highest salaries for nurses in the country. There's also substantial money to be made as a police officer or fireman, but it's extremely hard to get a job in those areas. I'll stick with nursing for a bit longer because it pays really well, and I only work 3 12 hour shifts a week. It's perfect for boot strapping. I'll quit when we can raise an angel round.
  - kls 16y ago
    New graduates with no experience have having to move to get jobs I know what you are saying, and it is true but in the grand scheme of things, right now only having to move to get a job, if you are a recent grad, for people not in either industry, seems like child's play to what they are facing.

kls 16y ago

It may be starting, but with at about 20 years in the industry, I would say that we have reached what has been about the norm. With the greater economy in the state it is in though, it is almost certain to bubble again. Development or Nursing are about the only two decent prospects of drawing a decent salary now without a decade of education investment. It is only a matter of time until people smell blood again and start running this way. Which will mean a return to the worse than bad developers of the .com boom. We are a few years out if it happens though as it takes some time to go from, I know how to power a computer on to slapping together some code.

iamelgringo 16y ago
Development or Nursing are about the only two decent prospects of drawing a decent salary now without a decade of education investment. re: Nursing. Jobs are actually really pretty tight right now. (I moonlight as an ER nurse in SV). New graduates with no experience have having to move to get jobs. But, then, this area supports the highest salaries for nurses in the country. There's also substantial money to be made as a police officer or fireman, but it's extremely hard to get a job in those areas. I'll stick with nursing for a bit longer because it pays really well, and I only work 3 12 hour shifts a week. It's perfect for boot strapping. I'll quit when we can raise an angel round.
- kls 16y ago
  New graduates with no experience have having to move to get jobs I know what you are saying, and it is true but in the grand scheme of things, right now only having to move to get a job, if you are a recent grad, for people not in either industry, seems like child's play to what they are facing.