[TriLUG] Not Linux: Anyone else feeling the pain?

[OlsonE at aosa.army.mil]

I have to agree here. I always have my resume up to date with the latest and greatest information. You never know when you'll walk into work one day and get "we no longer require your services".

I'm always looking for that next step.

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From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On Behalf Of Warren Myers
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 9:48 AM
To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Not Linux: Anyone else feeling the pain?

not to toot my own horn too much... there was a similar question on Stack
Overflow recently:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/247217/do-you-actively-look-for-a-better-job<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/247217/do-you-actively-look-for-a-better-job#247233>my
answer is
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/247217/do-you-actively-look-for-a-better-job#247233

personally, I think you should *always* be aware of potential new jobs -
getting too comfortable where you are might not be bad, but knowing there
are opportunities to advance elsewhere is helpful

WMM

On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 2:44 PM, Robert Dale <robdale at gmail.com> wrote:

> Wouldn't it be expected that the jobs list would have few subscribers?
>  A jobs list is transient.  Employed people wouldn't normally
> subscribe to such a list.  Unemployed people would be subscribed only
> while remaining unemployed; they wouldn't continue to be subscribed
> once they were employed.  Any snapshot of subscribers would most
> likely be those looking for a job at that particular point in time.  I
> think the same would go for posters.  A job poster would subscribe
> long enough to only post a job.  There would not be a need for anyone
> to remain subscribed to the list for an unlimited amount of time.
> Perhaps number of jobs posted compared to the main list would be a
> better measure.
>
> On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 7:56 AM, Warren Myers <volcimaster at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > We used to have one of those, iirc - it was something like "
> > trilug-jobs at trilug.org". I believe it was discontinued because too few
> > people subscribed to it compared to the "real" list.
> > WMM
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 12:45 PM, Jeff Ellis <jeff-lists at ellises.us>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Why not create a new list for job postings?  This is what the Java User
> >> Group does and it seems to work well.  As times get tough, it seems a
> >> shame not to share job postings of any sort.
> >>
> >> Jeff
> >>
> >> Cristóbal Palmer wrote:
> >> > On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 12:16 PM, Tanner Lovelace <
> clubjuggler at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Ok, I'll ask.  Why don't you pass along job ads?  The SC used to do
> >> this.
> >> >> Or, are there too many job ads now that you think the list would
> become
> >> >> overwhelmed?  Seems like this is a "policy" that might need to be
> >> revisited?
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > Two main reasons:
> >> >
> >> > 1) the SC was getting used as a dumping ground by some recruiters (eg.
> >> > jobs not remotely involving Linux, jobs not remotely involving NC).
> >> > 2) We responded to _all_ people asking to pass along job offers both
> >> > pointing them at the list if they wanted to join it and encouraging
> >> > them to attend a meeting and stand up with the announcement at the
> >> > beginning.
> >> >
> >> > It's not that we don't like the idea of job postings. We just wanted
> >> > to make sure the list and steering committee weren't getting
> >> > abused.... and hopefully in the process encourage better job
> >> > postings/announcements.
> >> >
> >> > Cheers,
> >> >
> >>
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