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To: AlienTech who wrote (17339)4/26/1998 7:34:00 AM
From: Ploni  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 94695
 
Are there any solutions?

I wondered many years ago why there weren't unions for engineers, and was told that unions were only for blue-collar workers, and not for people earning high salaries. However, airline pilots have a union, and they are white-collar, high wage earners.

Of course, many unions have been weakened over the past few decades, because of internal corruption and Reagan's firing of the air-traffic controllers, but sometimes I still wish there were unions for engineers, programmers, etc. The first thing they should do would be to stop the practice of bringing in unqualified people from Bangladesh and paying them minimum wage.



To: AlienTech who wrote (17339)4/26/1998 10:36:00 AM
From: ratan lal  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 94695
 
Alientech

Dont mean to pry, but are you 40+ ?

If so, most cos. dont want to hire you for fear of not being able to fire you if you cant perform.

If not, can they hire a younger person with newer tech. education and / or training ? lower salary?

Also you said you have hardware experience. Programming is the one field thats in demand right now. The magic words are C++, Oracle.

ratan