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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (65587)	6/22/2004 12:02:41 PM
From: Kirk ©	Read Replies (1) of 77400

". Maybe I'm more pessimistic because I know what a recovery is supposed to look like, I have been through a few" What is your core competency? Is is software? What about Biotech industry? A friend of mine got two very nice offers there. They had quite a bit of consolidation but now it seems some are hiring again. As for offshoring at HP, MSFT, etc.... that is good news for stockholders if it means they lower their costs. I don't want to sound too arrogant or offend too many who might write software for a living, but I never understood why they were paid so much. I taught myself to program computers in high school back in 1974/75 (independent study course they set up for me). I've taught myself HTML and it seems all you need is a couple of java classes at a community college and you are a java programmer. Many I knew who were making decent salaries writing software in the late 1990’s had majors in fields nothing to do with engineering, computer science, or even software. The real skill seems to be managing software projects which may take a different core skill set (people skills) that a typical "software geek" in the US might not have.

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