Job secruity
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What better way to start the day then to be called into your bosses office and be told that your job isnt as secure as you thought, and that yours is the only position in the company they are considering cutting :-( Good thing I have been applying at a few places in Tasmania (yes I am one of the few who want to willingly move there). Thanks to all those who gave me Resume advice last week :-)
"There are three sides to every story. Yours, mine and the truth" ~ unknown "All things good to know are difficult to learn" ~ Greek Proverb "The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary" ~ Vidal Sassoon
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What better way to start the day then to be called into your bosses office and be told that your job isnt as secure as you thought, and that yours is the only position in the company they are considering cutting :-( Good thing I have been applying at a few places in Tasmania (yes I am one of the few who want to willingly move there). Thanks to all those who gave me Resume advice last week :-)
"There are three sides to every story. Yours, mine and the truth" ~ unknown "All things good to know are difficult to learn" ~ Greek Proverb "The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary" ~ Vidal Sassoon
That must be unimportant position in a software development. That's why they are kicking you out. But why don't you start your own software company. If you have got those skills then why not. Then you will be your own boss and you ll have people working under you. Think this way => Whole your life you just worked 9-5 and one day life ends. You did anything exciting..NO.. I think you should start your own business if you can afford. I will open up my software company in 5 yrs time and i am 100% sure. All the best for your job hunt. Please do let me know if there is anyway i can help you with...take care gentleman..xxx
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What better way to start the day then to be called into your bosses office and be told that your job isnt as secure as you thought, and that yours is the only position in the company they are considering cutting :-( Good thing I have been applying at a few places in Tasmania (yes I am one of the few who want to willingly move there). Thanks to all those who gave me Resume advice last week :-)
"There are three sides to every story. Yours, mine and the truth" ~ unknown "All things good to know are difficult to learn" ~ Greek Proverb "The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary" ~ Vidal Sassoon
Thunderbox666 wrote:
Tasmania
Brilliant. What part ? Who for ? I may have some dirt... Either way, why wouldn't you move to the most beautiful state in Australia ?
Christian Graus Please read this if you don't understand the answer I've given you "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )
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That must be unimportant position in a software development. That's why they are kicking you out. But why don't you start your own software company. If you have got those skills then why not. Then you will be your own boss and you ll have people working under you. Think this way => Whole your life you just worked 9-5 and one day life ends. You did anything exciting..NO.. I think you should start your own business if you can afford. I will open up my software company in 5 yrs time and i am 100% sure. All the best for your job hunt. Please do let me know if there is anyway i can help you with...take care gentleman..xxx
Julia4u wrote:
But why don't you start your own software company.
getting started is harder than you think. Once you have some steady work, then I agree, but it's having the money behind you to try to get to that point.
Christian Graus Please read this if you don't understand the answer I've given you "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )
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That must be unimportant position in a software development. That's why they are kicking you out. But why don't you start your own software company. If you have got those skills then why not. Then you will be your own boss and you ll have people working under you. Think this way => Whole your life you just worked 9-5 and one day life ends. You did anything exciting..NO.. I think you should start your own business if you can afford. I will open up my software company in 5 yrs time and i am 100% sure. All the best for your job hunt. Please do let me know if there is anyway i can help you with...take care gentleman..xxx
Julia4u wrote:
I think you should start your own business
This is not good advice - starting your own company just because you were made redundant/layed off/sacked/quit from your current position is guaranteed to FAIL. It takes reaserch, dedication and a lot of HARD work to run your own company. See some of articles here to get an idea. OTOH some people are fundamentally incapable or running their own company (I am one of these). Let me ask you, do you want to spend 30% of your time marketing, yeah selling, yourself, and when you do win the job, you will almost always need to hassle for payment. No matter how good you are some client will always argue the bill. In my opinion you really must WANT to run your own company long before you start.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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Julia4u wrote:
But why don't you start your own software company.
getting started is harder than you think. Once you have some steady work, then I agree, but it's having the money behind you to try to get to that point.
Christian Graus Please read this if you don't understand the answer I've given you "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )
Yeh i know, but you got to take risk at some point in life. Otherwise, you will end up working under some one whole your life. But i know not everyone thinks this way. I am from a business family background and i have always thought like that, so may be that's the reason i know what i want to do. And if i fail, i have other businesses going on. Yeh my dad's but still i am not gonna die of hunger for sure. :) And if you are a good developer like yourself, you must have earned hell lot of money by now. You can easily start your own company in some part of world like singapore or malaysia or may be where you are currently situated. But if everyone will start business then who gonna work for them..lol So yeh if it's not your cup of tea then do not go for it. As business means risk, if it's a success then you are the star and if not you can always blame your destiny..lol
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Thunderbox666 wrote:
Tasmania
Brilliant. What part ? Who for ? I may have some dirt... Either way, why wouldn't you move to the most beautiful state in Australia ?
Christian Graus Please read this if you don't understand the answer I've given you "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )
I was looking at Devonport as I have family there, but I have applied for some jobs down in Hobart. so pretty much anywhere but Straun Everyone I have told that I want to move to tassie, they all have the same reaction.. "Why on earth would you want to move there?"... so I have stopped saying it lol
"There are three sides to every story. Yours, mine and the truth" ~ unknown "All things good to know are difficult to learn" ~ Greek Proverb "The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary" ~ Vidal Sassoon
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Yeh i know, but you got to take risk at some point in life. Otherwise, you will end up working under some one whole your life. But i know not everyone thinks this way. I am from a business family background and i have always thought like that, so may be that's the reason i know what i want to do. And if i fail, i have other businesses going on. Yeh my dad's but still i am not gonna die of hunger for sure. :) And if you are a good developer like yourself, you must have earned hell lot of money by now. You can easily start your own company in some part of world like singapore or malaysia or may be where you are currently situated. But if everyone will start business then who gonna work for them..lol So yeh if it's not your cup of tea then do not go for it. As business means risk, if it's a success then you are the star and if not you can always blame your destiny..lol
Plus developing isnt my specialty, its more of a hobby... hence why you wont see me giving programming help... I am normally on the receiving end.
"There are three sides to every story. Yours, mine and the truth" ~ unknown "All things good to know are difficult to learn" ~ Greek Proverb "The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary" ~ Vidal Sassoon
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Julia4u wrote:
I think you should start your own business
This is not good advice - starting your own company just because you were made redundant/layed off/sacked/quit from your current position is guaranteed to FAIL. It takes reaserch, dedication and a lot of HARD work to run your own company. See some of articles here to get an idea. OTOH some people are fundamentally incapable or running their own company (I am one of these). Let me ask you, do you want to spend 30% of your time marketing, yeah selling, yourself, and when you do win the job, you will almost always need to hassle for payment. No matter how good you are some client will always argue the bill. In my opinion you really must WANT to run your own company long before you start.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
Mycroft Holmes wrote:
This is not good advice - starting your own company just because you were made redundant/layed off/sacked/quit from your current position is guaranteed to FAIL. It takes reaserch, dedication and a lot of HARD work to run your own company. See some of articles here to get an idea.
I completely agree... But I do already have my own company (well half anyway.. still under development lol) and I would post a link to my site, however its advertising and its still not entirely ready for the public eye lol But even if my company was ready, I would not be able to live off its income strait away.. it takes time to get a decent income from a business
"There are three sides to every story. Yours, mine and the truth" ~ unknown "All things good to know are difficult to learn" ~ Greek Proverb "The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary" ~ Vidal Sassoon
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What better way to start the day then to be called into your bosses office and be told that your job isnt as secure as you thought, and that yours is the only position in the company they are considering cutting :-( Good thing I have been applying at a few places in Tasmania (yes I am one of the few who want to willingly move there). Thanks to all those who gave me Resume advice last week :-)
"There are three sides to every story. Yours, mine and the truth" ~ unknown "All things good to know are difficult to learn" ~ Greek Proverb "The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary" ~ Vidal Sassoon
Better to know than to have a buyout and a copy of a newspaper with the words, "No layoffs planned" only to find out they lied. Oh, and then fire you and keep the idiot who deleted an entire database when you took a day off.
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Julia4u wrote:
I think you should start your own business
This is not good advice - starting your own company just because you were made redundant/layed off/sacked/quit from your current position is guaranteed to FAIL. It takes reaserch, dedication and a lot of HARD work to run your own company. See some of articles here to get an idea. OTOH some people are fundamentally incapable or running their own company (I am one of these). Let me ask you, do you want to spend 30% of your time marketing, yeah selling, yourself, and when you do win the job, you will almost always need to hassle for payment. No matter how good you are some client will always argue the bill. In my opinion you really must WANT to run your own company long before you start.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
I love selling myself, doing the dog and pony show. Basically I love being on stage no matter where it is and have a natural talent for it. What stops me going freelance are two things. (a) Health Insurance and (b) not wanting to spend the little free time I have dealing with annoying paper work. (b) is so easy to overlook that until you consider what the HR guys and gals are doing for you.
I'm largely language agnostic
After a while they all bug me :doh:
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Thunderbox666 wrote:
Tasmania
Brilliant. What part ? Who for ? I may have some dirt... Either way, why wouldn't you move to the most beautiful state in Australia ?
Christian Graus Please read this if you don't understand the answer I've given you "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )
Christian Graus wrote:
why wouldn't you move to the most beautiful state in Australia
bloody cold and wet. Christian, I presume you are working for yourself, just how much work is there in Hobart (or Stanley by preference) for a developer.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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I was looking at Devonport as I have family there, but I have applied for some jobs down in Hobart. so pretty much anywhere but Straun Everyone I have told that I want to move to tassie, they all have the same reaction.. "Why on earth would you want to move there?"... so I have stopped saying it lol
"There are three sides to every story. Yours, mine and the truth" ~ unknown "All things good to know are difficult to learn" ~ Greek Proverb "The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary" ~ Vidal Sassoon
Strahan is awesome, to visit. Devenport is the end of the earth. Do you do C++ ? I may be able to line up some work in hobart for you.
Christian Graus Please read this if you don't understand the answer I've given you "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )
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Christian Graus wrote:
why wouldn't you move to the most beautiful state in Australia
bloody cold and wet. Christian, I presume you are working for yourself, just how much work is there in Hobart (or Stanley by preference) for a developer.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
Stanley - bugger all, three people live there. Hobart is screaming for devs, I am knocking back people who chase me to work for them. If you're good, you can find work here right now, easy.
Christian Graus Please read this if you don't understand the answer I've given you "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )
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Better to know than to have a buyout and a copy of a newspaper with the words, "No layoffs planned" only to find out they lied. Oh, and then fire you and keep the idiot who deleted an entire database when you took a day off.
leckey wrote:
Better to know
Yeah I agree, and it sucks the spot that you were forced into... I hope the new job works out for you. But im sure you will agree, it still sucks either way. I was happy here, and the only reason I was even looking at another job was because I wanted to leave this craphole of a town, now it looks like I am in a position where I no longer have much of a choice :-(
"There are three sides to every story. Yours, mine and the truth" ~ unknown "All things good to know are difficult to learn" ~ Greek Proverb "The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary" ~ Vidal Sassoon
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leckey wrote:
Better to know
Yeah I agree, and it sucks the spot that you were forced into... I hope the new job works out for you. But im sure you will agree, it still sucks either way. I was happy here, and the only reason I was even looking at another job was because I wanted to leave this craphole of a town, now it looks like I am in a position where I no longer have much of a choice :-(
"There are three sides to every story. Yours, mine and the truth" ~ unknown "All things good to know are difficult to learn" ~ Greek Proverb "The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary" ~ Vidal Sassoon
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Strahan is awesome, to visit. Devenport is the end of the earth. Do you do C++ ? I may be able to line up some work in hobart for you.
Christian Graus Please read this if you don't understand the answer I've given you "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )
Christian Graus wrote:
Strahan is awesome, to visit.
yes, but I am famous there... I had an incident while bushwalking and had to call an ambo. As all the emergancy ppl there are vollenteres, half the town turned up (16 emergancy ppl icluding SES, Police, Ambo, and even the parks people... along with a heap of on lookers wondering what all the excitment was about)... the next few days were "hey wernt you the guy that hurt yourself the other day?"... the only good that came from it was the free drinks i got everywhere lol but it ruined my holidays as I was the only one who could drive manual, and it was at the start of my holidays
Christian Graus wrote:
Do you do C++ ?
Only a little... I am self taught in it and am still learning
"There are three sides to every story. Yours, mine and the truth" ~ unknown "All things good to know are difficult to learn" ~ Greek Proverb "The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary" ~ Vidal Sassoon
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Agreed--finding out you are losing your job SUCKS no matter how you find out. Are you in a small town or at least close to a large town with some possibilities?
The town has about 37000 people, but there is very little in the way of developing/IT/anything I am good at The town im at is on the edge of civilisation, so it is mostly farming and the trades that acompany it The next large town (with any chance of work) is Sydney... I'm more of a country boy being rasied out here, and even the thought of living/working in Sydney makes me stressed
"There are three sides to every story. Yours, mine and the truth" ~ unknown "All things good to know are difficult to learn" ~ Greek Proverb "The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary" ~ Vidal Sassoon
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Christian Graus wrote:
Strahan is awesome, to visit.
yes, but I am famous there... I had an incident while bushwalking and had to call an ambo. As all the emergancy ppl there are vollenteres, half the town turned up (16 emergancy ppl icluding SES, Police, Ambo, and even the parks people... along with a heap of on lookers wondering what all the excitment was about)... the next few days were "hey wernt you the guy that hurt yourself the other day?"... the only good that came from it was the free drinks i got everywhere lol but it ruined my holidays as I was the only one who could drive manual, and it was at the start of my holidays
Christian Graus wrote:
Do you do C++ ?
Only a little... I am self taught in it and am still learning
"There are three sides to every story. Yours, mine and the truth" ~ unknown "All things good to know are difficult to learn" ~ Greek Proverb "The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary" ~ Vidal Sassoon
Thunderbox666 wrote:
Only a little... I am self taught in it and am still learning
OK, probably not a good fit then, that's a shame.
Christian Graus Please read this if you don't understand the answer I've given you "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )
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Thunderbox666 wrote:
Only a little... I am self taught in it and am still learning
OK, probably not a good fit then, that's a shame.
Christian Graus Please read this if you don't understand the answer I've given you "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )
No probably not, but thanks anyway :-) so are you in hobart itself?
"There are three sides to every story. Yours, mine and the truth" ~ unknown "All things good to know are difficult to learn" ~ Greek Proverb "The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary" ~ Vidal Sassoon