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Re: 495NSG Technology Sector Unemployment Survey



 > From: Jonathan Beit-Aharon <http://www.jcmigrations.com/~jb>
 > Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 10:21:34 -0800
 >
 > >I'm surprised that the State Street Bank is really such a poor commute --
 > >isn't it in downtown Boston?
 > 
 > I'm sure they have something in Boston, but the IT group I'm with is in 
 > Quincy, on the Braintree line.  Ugh.
 > 
 > >Anyway, again, if you hear of any Unix/Linux jobs, give me a holler!
 > 
 > They are migrating applications onto HP-UX, and have relished my ksh 
 > scripting skills.  If JCM lands a job before April, I can try to wriggle 
 > out of my contract there by offering you as replacement.  Would you be 
 > interested?

'Though it makes me quesy to my stomach, I would be willing.  (I despise
HP-UX.)

 > It is $45/hour - a bit less what I was paid at links_2_go, & 
 > without benefits, but enough to put Bush (I mean, food) on the Table.

For a contracting position, that is pretty low.  (I've never contracted,
but "they say" you're suppose to divide the pay in half to account for
taxes, health, etc.  So, that's like $23/hour at a full-time, benefitted
position...)

 > What 
 > I'm really asking ;-) is that you pray hard that JCM lands a good 
 > project.  I need all the help I can get.

Well, being an atheist, I think I can't really help in _that_ way. :-)

 > ABG, Jonathan





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