The job market in Dallas is good
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I work at a big corporation in Dallas, and they've been having trouble finding good software developers, despite paying above industry average at all levels. First, they advertised a lot on all the job boards. Second, they asked us to refer anyone and everyone we could. Next, they started an internship program at nearby universities, pulling in any CS or CS-related people they could get their hands on. Now, they sent a company-wide email asking if any of the call center employees want to start learning how to develop software (no related experience necessary). By this time next year, they'll likely be calling the zoo to see if they can make code monkeys by training real monkeys. I don't know if any of you are having job seeking troubles in other cities, but if you are, this is the best market I've seen since before the .com bust.
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I work at a big corporation in Dallas, and they've been having trouble finding good software developers, despite paying above industry average at all levels. First, they advertised a lot on all the job boards. Second, they asked us to refer anyone and everyone we could. Next, they started an internship program at nearby universities, pulling in any CS or CS-related people they could get their hands on. Now, they sent a company-wide email asking if any of the call center employees want to start learning how to develop software (no related experience necessary). By this time next year, they'll likely be calling the zoo to see if they can make code monkeys by training real monkeys. I don't know if any of you are having job seeking troubles in other cities, but if you are, this is the best market I've seen since before the .com bust.
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I work at a big corporation in Dallas, and they've been having trouble finding good software developers, despite paying above industry average at all levels. First, they advertised a lot on all the job boards. Second, they asked us to refer anyone and everyone we could. Next, they started an internship program at nearby universities, pulling in any CS or CS-related people they could get their hands on. Now, they sent a company-wide email asking if any of the call center employees want to start learning how to develop software (no related experience necessary). By this time next year, they'll likely be calling the zoo to see if they can make code monkeys by training real monkeys. I don't know if any of you are having job seeking troubles in other cities, but if you are, this is the best market I've seen since before the .com bust.
Good to hear it. Tell me, why isnt your firm offshoring the development work?
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I work at a big corporation in Dallas, and they've been having trouble finding good software developers, despite paying above industry average at all levels. First, they advertised a lot on all the job boards. Second, they asked us to refer anyone and everyone we could. Next, they started an internship program at nearby universities, pulling in any CS or CS-related people they could get their hands on. Now, they sent a company-wide email asking if any of the call center employees want to start learning how to develop software (no related experience necessary). By this time next year, they'll likely be calling the zoo to see if they can make code monkeys by training real monkeys. I don't know if any of you are having job seeking troubles in other cities, but if you are, this is the best market I've seen since before the .com bust.
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I work at a big corporation in Dallas, and they've been having trouble finding good software developers, despite paying above industry average at all levels. First, they advertised a lot on all the job boards. Second, they asked us to refer anyone and everyone we could. Next, they started an internship program at nearby universities, pulling in any CS or CS-related people they could get their hands on. Now, they sent a company-wide email asking if any of the call center employees want to start learning how to develop software (no related experience necessary). By this time next year, they'll likely be calling the zoo to see if they can make code monkeys by training real monkeys. I don't know if any of you are having job seeking troubles in other cities, but if you are, this is the best market I've seen since before the .com bust.
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I work at a big corporation in Dallas, and they've been having trouble finding good software developers, despite paying above industry average at all levels. First, they advertised a lot on all the job boards. Second, they asked us to refer anyone and everyone we could. Next, they started an internship program at nearby universities, pulling in any CS or CS-related people they could get their hands on. Now, they sent a company-wide email asking if any of the call center employees want to start learning how to develop software (no related experience necessary). By this time next year, they'll likely be calling the zoo to see if they can make code monkeys by training real monkeys. I don't know if any of you are having job seeking troubles in other cities, but if you are, this is the best market I've seen since before the .com bust.
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I quite liked Fort Worth, and that's just next door. Had possibly my best steak ever there. Iain.
I am one of "those foreigners coming over here and stealing our jobs". Yay me!
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Good to hear it. Tell me, why isnt your firm offshoring the development work?
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I work at a big corporation in Dallas, and they've been having trouble finding good software developers, despite paying above industry average at all levels. First, they advertised a lot on all the job boards. Second, they asked us to refer anyone and everyone we could. Next, they started an internship program at nearby universities, pulling in any CS or CS-related people they could get their hands on. Now, they sent a company-wide email asking if any of the call center employees want to start learning how to develop software (no related experience necessary). By this time next year, they'll likely be calling the zoo to see if they can make code monkeys by training real monkeys. I don't know if any of you are having job seeking troubles in other cities, but if you are, this is the best market I've seen since before the .com bust.
That's great news, after a long period of only dark omens. But keep in mind that you work in a cyclic industry, and as sweet as the current boom in that area might seem, the next bust cycle is just around the corner. I can recall a time, not too many years ago, when banks in Dallas were were offering new customers their choice of a toaster or a 40-story commercial office building for opening a new checking account. They were running short of toasters... Sock away those higher than average wages now, and invest like there's no tomorrow. As good as things are today, don't expect them to last more than five years, and make it a goal to put yourself in a position where, should you get laid off and be unable to find work for a couple of years, you have enough invested to live on comfortably and to relocate to greener pastures. Don't believe for a second that you're immune to such things; most of us here have experienced such events at least once in our lives. Once you've got yourself set up nicely for the future, enjoy the now for as long as the happy ride lasts! :-D
Will Rogers never met me.
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I work at a big corporation in Dallas, and they've been having trouble finding good software developers, despite paying above industry average at all levels. First, they advertised a lot on all the job boards. Second, they asked us to refer anyone and everyone we could. Next, they started an internship program at nearby universities, pulling in any CS or CS-related people they could get their hands on. Now, they sent a company-wide email asking if any of the call center employees want to start learning how to develop software (no related experience necessary). By this time next year, they'll likely be calling the zoo to see if they can make code monkeys by training real monkeys. I don't know if any of you are having job seeking troubles in other cities, but if you are, this is the best market I've seen since before the .com bust.
Yeah, but you have to live in Texas...
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I don't know. If you're interested in applying, enable private emails on your response and I'll send you a link to their career center.
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I work at a big corporation in Dallas, and they've been having trouble finding good software developers, despite paying above industry average at all levels. First, they advertised a lot on all the job boards. Second, they asked us to refer anyone and everyone we could. Next, they started an internship program at nearby universities, pulling in any CS or CS-related people they could get their hands on. Now, they sent a company-wide email asking if any of the call center employees want to start learning how to develop software (no related experience necessary). By this time next year, they'll likely be calling the zoo to see if they can make code monkeys by training real monkeys. I don't know if any of you are having job seeking troubles in other cities, but if you are, this is the best market I've seen since before the .com bust.
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I work at a big corporation in Dallas, and they've been having trouble finding good software developers, despite paying above industry average at all levels. First, they advertised a lot on all the job boards. Second, they asked us to refer anyone and everyone we could. Next, they started an internship program at nearby universities, pulling in any CS or CS-related people they could get their hands on. Now, they sent a company-wide email asking if any of the call center employees want to start learning how to develop software (no related experience necessary). By this time next year, they'll likely be calling the zoo to see if they can make code monkeys by training real monkeys. I don't know if any of you are having job seeking troubles in other cities, but if you are, this is the best market I've seen since before the .com bust.