Posted: 10 16 2009 Post subject: time machine tattoo kits
The US has landed probes on Mars and discovered water there. The US landed men on the moon more than once. The US has a space telescope that discovered galaxies and mapped the cosmos, including dark matter and dark energy. The US has sent probes to survey the outer solar system. The US has sent probes that have EXITED the solar system. Neither Russia or anyone else has even sent a probe outside the asteroid belt. Now all of a sudden people are gloating that Russia is ahead of the US simply because they have PROPOSED a nuclear propulsion system for space travel?It seems people are desperate for any way to take a jab at the US.It's funny how the US has already demonstrated ion-propulsion which was a far more recent concept than nuclear propulsion for spacecraft, and leads in almost every single aspect of space exploration, yet all Russia has to do is talk big and all of a sudden "The US is getting whooped in the space race!!! lolzomg".
I lost my salary position and am now doing contract work at a reduced rate. I think part of the problem with IT people who can't seem to find work is that they're demanding too much money. The market is saturated with unemployed IT people. That necessarily reduces the pay for incoming employees or increases the expected skill level for the amount of pay offered.Obviously your friends are willing to work for far less so maybe they need to apply that same attitude to their chosen career for a year or two. Find a small company that needs IT help and offer to work for less without bitching about it. Build the company up for a year or so and see where you can go from there. Even doing work for non-profits with no pay is better than "I'm a highly qualified IT person who did nothing but greet people at wal-mart for the last year."Two of the things that helped me land a new job within a couple months (besides being willing to work at entry level pay with mid level skill) was an outstanding resume that had no trouble getting me interviews and continuing to work on my "thesis" project as I call it during my "vacation." Work on long term projects that demonstrate real skill that you can put on your resume to fill in the off time with.I wasn't employed for 2 months but there was no gap in working in my field. If what you're doing in your free time isn't resume worthy (especially when you're unemployed from your field) then you need to try harder.
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