The kitty litter factory

John F. Eldredge wrote:

Dan,
Check out the colleges and universities in your area. They
generally have a computer services dept. Many of the workers are
students, but the dept. managers are not.

That's a good suggestion. I am also a computer programmer, and have
been working part-time since February due to my employer's decision
to stop seeking outside programming contracts. The only work has
been for internal use. I have been drawing partial unemployment
benefits, but they will run out in another couple of months. I have
18 years experience, and have applied for numerous jobs, but haven't
received any job offers.

So, anyone have a suggestion for an unemployed tech writer?

Joyce

John F. Eldredge wrote:

Dan,
Check out the colleges and universities in your area. They
generally have a computer services dept. Many of the workers are
students, but the dept. managers are not.

That's a good suggestion. I am also a computer programmer, and have
been working part-time since February due to my employer's decision
to stop seeking outside programming contracts. The only work has
been for internal use. I have been drawing partial unemployment
benefits, but they will run out in another couple of months. I have
18 years experience, and have applied for numerous jobs, but haven't
received any job offers.

So, anyone have a suggestion for an unemployed tech writer?

Joyce

John F. Eldredge wrote:

Dan,
Check out the colleges and universities in your area. They
generally have a computer services dept. Many of the workers are
students, but the dept. managers are not.

That's a good suggestion. I am also a computer programmer, and have
been working part-time since February due to my employer's decision
to stop seeking outside programming contracts. The only work has
been for internal use. I have been drawing partial unemployment
benefits, but they will run out in another couple of months. I have
18 years experience, and have applied for numerous jobs, but haven't
received any job offers.

So, anyone have a suggestion for an unemployed tech writer?

Joyce

Dan,
Check out the colleges and universities in your area. They generally have a
computer services dept. Many of the workers are students, but the dept.
managers are not.
Annie

Thanks for the suggestion! I'll give that a try.

Dan

Dan,
Check out the colleges and universities in your area. They generally have a
computer services dept. Many of the workers are students, but the dept.
managers are not.
Annie

Thanks for the suggestion! I'll give that a try.

Dan

Dan,
Check out the colleges and universities in your area. They generally have a
computer services dept. Many of the workers are students, but the dept.
managers are not.
Annie

Thanks for the suggestion! I'll give that a try.

Dan

Lots of purrs and best wishes for a great job to come your way, John,
--
Polonca & Soncek

"John F. Eldredge" wrote in message
...
That's a good suggestion. I am also a computer programmer, and have
been working part-time since February due to my employer's decision
to stop seeking outside programming contracts. The only work has
been for internal use. I have been drawing partial unemployment
benefits, but they will run out in another couple of months. I have
18 years experience, and have applied for numerous jobs, but haven't
received any job offers.

Lots of purrs and best wishes for a great job to come your way, John,
--
Polonca & Soncek

"John F. Eldredge" wrote in message
...
That's a good suggestion. I am also a computer programmer, and have
been working part-time since February due to my employer's decision
to stop seeking outside programming contracts. The only work has
been for internal use. I have been drawing partial unemployment
benefits, but they will run out in another couple of months. I have
18 years experience, and have applied for numerous jobs, but haven't
received any job offers.

Lots of purrs and best wishes for a great job to come your way, John,
--
Polonca & Soncek

"John F. Eldredge" wrote in message
...
That's a good suggestion. I am also a computer programmer, and have
been working part-time since February due to my employer's decision
to stop seeking outside programming contracts. The only work has
been for internal use. I have been drawing partial unemployment
benefits, but they will run out in another couple of months. I have
18 years experience, and have applied for numerous jobs, but haven't
received any job offers.

In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.anecdotes", John F. Eldredge
artfully composed this message within
on 17 Jun 2004:

I am also a computer programmer, and have
been working part-time since February due to my employer's
decision to stop seeking outside programming contracts. The
only work has been for internal use. I have been drawing
partial unemployment benefits, but they will run out in another
couple of months. I have 18 years experience, and have applied
for numerous jobs, but haven't received any job offers.


Some of the trends lately bother me WRT to computer jobs. I'm a
systems administrator (applications specialist mostly, anymore) and
our company leans toward DIY type content management systems that
allow non-technical people to publish web content. Interwoven in
our case. Of course it requires technical people to set up the
system and all of the templates and workflow, but after that all of
the real day-to-day work is done by those non techies. The
technical industry is changing, and where there used to be home-
grown apps built based on a custom design, everything now is
browser-accessible, and out-of-the-box is in it seems to me. I
don't say this to depress you or Dan or anyone else out of work due
to the current tech situation. Times have changed, the workplace
has changed, and we have to change. I'm doing things now I never
ever planned to, or even wanted to. If my job were to become
obsolete (and it is possible with the trend!) I think I would make
a drastic career change or even look into consulting work. Small
business is IN with government agencies these days. Big business is
forced to partner with small business to win contracts. Something
to think about.

--
Cheryl