I have heard that Disney is developing a huge data warehouse. Marriott also
has an extensive reliance on huge databases and find themselves expanding as
well.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Woeber" <scoville300@worldnet.att.net>
To: <slug@nks.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 9:44 PM
Subject: Re: [SLUG] dot com fallout and cannon fodder :-(
> On Wednesday 20 February 2002 06:41 pm, you wrote:
> Josh;
>
> Sorry to hear about your job situation. I work at Pinellas County in
Water
> Quality Operations. They have quite a large IT/IS department handling
> migrations of supervisory control operation software at different water
> treatment plants and wastewater plants. I am not aware of any linux
usage
> at the County which is disappointing. However, you might find a need for
> your database skills. The supervisory controls (SCADA) work from an
Xwindows
> environment in a VAX station. I know they are migrating to a new Windows
> based system. Sorry, I am not completely knowledgeable in the IT/IS arena
as
> I am in the environmental industry. Keep good spirits and you will find
your
> ideal job. Hopefully more county and state governments will move to
linux
> due to budget concerns, opening up more jobs for your linux experience.
>
> Andy
>
>
> > This post is somewhat relevant to the linux interest...
> >
> > Hey all - just got news today that my company may be not doing as well
as
> > one may have hoped (special thanks to our funding who has an obsession
with
> > micromanagement, bad marketing, and misunderstanding of the development
> > lifecycle) - I wanna find a new position (working with linux / unix
> > (apache, postgres, mysql, perl, etc) of course!) around tampa - but it
> > appears that the market is of course saturated with all these
know-nothings
> > and newbies with their fresh MCSE, MCP or [insert your worthless
> > certification here]...
> >
> > Very disheartening. Before it happens I want to go ahead, stick my head
> > out, see what kind of networking I can do before I find myself out in
the
> > cold during a recession.
> >
> > I'd really appreciate any advice anyone can provide - I really love
working
> > linux and the internet - but more and more it's looking like it's a
dying
> > profession. I'm pretty dissapointed. I'd really hate to find myself,
> > knowing what I know about databases and datamanagement, changing the oil
on
> > somebody 1986 Nissan at the local Gas 'n Lube. :-(
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > -Josh
>
>
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