notbob wrote:
> On 2010-08-21, Nancy Young > wrote:
>
>> I had to take that test to get into programming school, having
>> graduated from there was good enough to get me employed.
>
> Be grateful you have an IT job.

Make that Had. I did my time.

> My brewing mentor was in IT for high
> security govt gigs for decades, pulling down six figure incomes. When
> he lost his last good gig, took him 2 yrs to find another, still hadda
> move to Nosepick NM and earns half of what he did, for the same work.

Luckily he saved all those years and he doesn't really have to worry.

> Silicon Valley is still a ghost town, regardless of what others may
> say, and I've seen the hi-tech sector in Denver. Lotta really BIG
> buildings totally devoid of life.

Sucks. It really does.

nancy