How's the market?
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 1:41 pm
Hey all,
So - long story short - there's serious talk on this side about a return to NoVA. Various reasons but the bottom line is that the past 2 years have yielded nothing of what we set out to accomplish in moving down here. We miss our friends, we miss the area.....it may, in fact, be time to come back home.
The biggest "scare" factor as these plans are formulated is the job market for me. She's pretty much set - no real concerns. I, on the other hand, have some serious concerns about finding work, especially given what happened before we left the area. Combine that with being in the middle of a global economic "hiccup" and it's a pretty serious thing to have to contemplate. Not to mention that right now I'm in a role that gives me about a 0.00231% chance of having to deal with a layoff again. It's local city government, we're funded year to year, and my past experiences have made me a *very* valuable member of their team. If only the paycheck showed it.
So, my question, fellow nerds and geeks, is what's your take on what's happening up there these days? Are people waking up in fear of losing their jobs on a daily basis? Is there enough work to go around? I have a pretty average skill set...your standard Tier 2/3 hands on support, some systems and network administration, a little project management, and an MCDST on the way to an MCSA. My question is not whether I'd find a j0rb so much as how long it might take to find said j0rb and whether the j0rb would be a fairly stable one. We wouldn't have nearly the same resources in place for the move back as we had for the move away so time would truly be of the essence.
Am I an idiot for considering this at this point in time or is there a way to actually make it viable?
So - long story short - there's serious talk on this side about a return to NoVA. Various reasons but the bottom line is that the past 2 years have yielded nothing of what we set out to accomplish in moving down here. We miss our friends, we miss the area.....it may, in fact, be time to come back home.
The biggest "scare" factor as these plans are formulated is the job market for me. She's pretty much set - no real concerns. I, on the other hand, have some serious concerns about finding work, especially given what happened before we left the area. Combine that with being in the middle of a global economic "hiccup" and it's a pretty serious thing to have to contemplate. Not to mention that right now I'm in a role that gives me about a 0.00231% chance of having to deal with a layoff again. It's local city government, we're funded year to year, and my past experiences have made me a *very* valuable member of their team. If only the paycheck showed it.
So, my question, fellow nerds and geeks, is what's your take on what's happening up there these days? Are people waking up in fear of losing their jobs on a daily basis? Is there enough work to go around? I have a pretty average skill set...your standard Tier 2/3 hands on support, some systems and network administration, a little project management, and an MCDST on the way to an MCSA. My question is not whether I'd find a j0rb so much as how long it might take to find said j0rb and whether the j0rb would be a fairly stable one. We wouldn't have nearly the same resources in place for the move back as we had for the move away so time would truly be of the essence.
Am I an idiot for considering this at this point in time or is there a way to actually make it viable?
Thanks for the lead on your friend too.....can you PM me your email address so I can shoot some info your way to get a conversation started? Would definitely be interested in working there. Big company, lots of stuff going on - good potential.