<RANT> DAMN you IT Job industry....

rockwaldo · Post by **rockwaldo** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 12:53 pm 0

This sketch is getting silly now....

was made redundant from my IT manager job in january, and STILL cant find a job.....damn your eyes IT job industry!

most unfluffy....

ok, i feel better now.....

Are you driving home... · Tue Aug 05, 2003 1:28 pm 0

hmmmm, that's encouraging.... (see other thread...)

tryptamine · Post by **tryptamine** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 3:47 pm 0

Two more survivors from the shipwreck that is the UK IT industry - i'm holding on to the same bit of driftwood as you guys, I think, or at least adrift in the same ocean. In a twisted sort of way it's kind of encouraging that i'm not the only one in the same position.

I definitely feel the need for a backup career of sorts. I was looking at some of the courses on offer at the colleges round here and there's a sound engineering course that looks proper ace - there's even a DJ module where they teach you how to scratch and stuff. As if I wouldn't buzz off doing something like that. Only thing is it's full time, and if I haven't already left it too late to apply i'll have to do it very, very soon.

This puts me in a dilemma: do I take a year out of trying to find another job in the IT industry (such as it is) and put myself out of any decent jobs that may come along for the duration? Or do I just plod along contacting the agencies and hoping for the best - i'm far from unique in my (commercial) skill set and there's many more people out there with more experience than me, so i'll probably be plodding on for a while.

However I don't really want to abandon coding altogether - that'd be like removing the foundations of a building or something, not a good career move whichever way you look at it.

It'd be cool AS to combine games development and this course to work on sound engines - if I had to be responsible for one area of a game, that would be it, if I was working in a team that seperated responsibilities that way. (If you get a hand in everything that would be even better, but probably unrealistic unless you're on your own or in a team of <= 3 people). Once i've finished off my game and proved that I can do it, that is - again it's the chicken and egg thing.

Sorry for the stream of consciousness to everyone who's got this far, i've been trying to sort this out for a couple of weeks now. You can never get acid when you need it, I could do with a mental spring cleaning to sort my head out

Wibble · Post by **Wibble** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 4:57 pm 0

Arr... it be not only the UK IT industry!

9 months and counting over here (Ze Nezerlands). I'm sure I'll find something in the next 4 months, because if I don't, I'll be bankrupt and homeless. On the positive side, I must be racking up on some major Karma

Of course, I really want to be a Cg artist rather than sysadmin, but even those jobs are damn hard to find over here. And there's no desire to relocate as of yet. Ask me in a month or two

-W

Zzap64! · Post by **Zzap64!** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 5:22 pm 0

Tis a sad industry to be in at the moment. Although I should thank my lucky stars I still have a job in it.
I'm thinking of backup careers also. Maybe I should pursue becoming a world champion sensible soccer player?! Could be some money in it.....oh damn I forgot the game is 13 or so years old.....too late...drat!

Or maybe I should just start out again and work in QA for someone like Codemasters.

koworld · Post by **koworld** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 5:26 pm 0

Perhaps porn is the way forward for us all then?

They shoot porn in a 'business centre' unit round the corner from me. Its on the way to the Tesco Express so I'm often passing as the 'actresses' wait nervously at the gate intercom 'allo, yeah I'm ere t get cummed on, open the dor fanks will ya?'

Always young lasses and, much as I fucking love porn, I can't help but feel a lot of sadness for that as a life choice.

cyric100 · Post by **cyric100** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 6:05 pm 0

Yet more justification for me to continue doing more of the same where I am rather than pursuing a move back to the UK...

rockwaldo · Post by **rockwaldo** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 6:07 pm 0

If i dont have a job by Xmas, im going to be mighty meaty pissed off thats fo sure....

Demonix · Post by **Demonix** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 6:41 pm 0

Look overseas....

rockwaldo · Post by **rockwaldo** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 6:51 pm 0

overseas? as in a life of piracy?

YAR! me hearties!

erm, hard to relocate when you're skint and have a 5 month old son.....

Are you driving home... · Tue Aug 05, 2003 7:02 pm 0

koworld wrote:porn is the way forward for us all

You're damn right there. Porn is the reason the internet is. And will be the reason why video mobile will eventually be huge. Brings new meaning to the term jerk.

But the people who make the real money aren't the actresses or actors (if you can call them that), nor the cameramen. It's not the director, not the fluff up girls and definitely not the spanish lady who cleans up afterwards. So who the fuck is it and how do I become one of them?

Demonix · Post by **Demonix** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 7:23 pm 0

"Pimp your ass out" ..... mmmmmmmm the things people said to me when I was on the Dole...

mattley · Post by **mattley** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 8:32 pm 0

Are you driving home... wrote: But the people who make the real money aren't the actresses or actors (if you can call them that), nor the cameramen. It's not the director, not the fluff up girls and definitely not the spanish lady who cleans up afterwards. So who the fuck is it and how do I become one of them?

Learn your market sector retail model, get a product to the consumer better then the rest..............piece o' piss.

cyric100 · Post by **cyric100** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 8:53 pm 0

mattley wrote:piece o' piss.

Is that really the market sector he is after?

noodles · Post by **noodles** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 9:02 pm 0

Wibble wrote:Arr... it be not only the UK IT industry!

9 months and counting over here (Ze Nezerlands). I'm sure I'll find something in the next 4 months, because if I don't, I'll be bankrupt and homeless.

Things sucked so bad back in France that I packed up and left.
For what ? It's the same all over, wether it's the UK or Ireland.
Just great. Been two years since my last IT contract

...
The only consolation I get is thinking about how the shitty
conditions are shaking out all the wannabe coders and 'webmasters'
who only came to IT for the money.
Oh, well I'll probably end up digging up roads or something and fighting
with slovaks for a room somewhere.

Is there just too many of us on this planet already ?