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To: John Mansfield who wrote (8635)	1/8/1998 4:00:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 31646

Questions to be asked to your local electric company Found on C.S.Y2K; thanks to Rick Cowles. I fully expect lots of citizens and companies to write such letters to the utilities in 1998; this will have an impact on awareness on embedded y2k issues. Regards, John ------ Paloma O'Reilly at the Cassandra Project has posted a good, general information type of letter that the average consumer can use as a guideline to quiz their local electric company. millennia-bcs.com

To: John Mansfield who wrote (8635)	1/8/1998 4:08:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 31646

Sharp increase in # of job adverts - and salaries Found on C.S.Y2K; thanks to Cory Hamasaki. Cory is the most acknowledged contributor to this NG. Here is another indication of impending sharp increases in hour rates for all y2k specialists. Co's such as TPRO will benefit because of this (larger margins) IMHO. Regards, John --------------- In <34B278B2.41C6@ptc.com>, Robert Egan <nospam@ptc.com> writes: >So is the Boston Globe here in Massachussetts. > >However, they've done this every year for as long as I've been in the job market (over twenty) so I doubt its related to the millenium. > >Robert Egan Yes and no, Bob. The Post has had periodic High-Tech job special issues. I've tracked them for 20 years too. The historic high page count, which was in September not January, was about 15 pages. The historic average page count for a January is about 3 pages. We'll see many more pages this Sunday than the historic high of 15. Bet on it. > >Jim Lynch wrote: >> >> cory hamasaki wrote: >> > The Washington Post and Baltimore Sun are already bragging about how big >> > next week's High Tech Job Ad sections will be. >> >> So is the Philadelphia Inquirer. They've even got TV ads hyping it. >> >> Jim The difference is, they've never hyped it ahead of time like this. In the past, they'd insert a small notice that a job special issue was upcoming. The Post ran a huge A N N O U N C E M E N T !!! and Jim says the Philly Inky is running TV (read cost . some . bucks) ads. This is different. Somethings up. Shushh, press your ear to the ground... you can hear the CIO's screaming for staff. Times up, 724 days to go. They could have hired a top team for $70K/head a year ago. Not now. Try again. 80K? Nah, pass. 90K? Forget it. They bet their companies on a roll of the dice, Y2K is hype.... Y2K is real... hype, real, hype, real, Yaaah! It's REAL!!!! We lost the company! Stupid, dolt-like, idiots. I told those dummies a year ago, take care of the geeks, pay them bonuses, start the remediation. Did they listen? NooooooOOOOO. Now they're out of time and they'll kill a forest for woodpulp to advertise that fact. Pathetic clueless lame losers. There's still time to take action. Come with me if you want to live. Cory Hamasaki