Deja Q
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Fri Oct-26-07 03:48 PM
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Holy fuck. At the job assistance place, they had a poster... |
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All the 4 star jobs (meaning most likely to get) were medical transcriptionists and lawyers.
All the 1 star jobs were programmers.
The chart claimed network administrator jobs were 3 stars.
Graphic designers, authors, comedians, and writers were 2 stars.
Not related to the chart, the entrepreneur lady said people were leaving graphic design to go to programming. I told her the opposite; leaving programming FOR graphic design...
Others say the jobs are out there, and it's a matter of being what they want (not as much wage but the image/product created). And others say the opposite - it's a matter of wage, who cares what it looks like. I suspect that latter group (which includes Microsoft?) won't last very long.
All I know is, mass marketing makes a mass out out of us all; smaller, more loyal audiences seem to be the ticket. Genre-specific works.
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MrCoffee
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Fri Oct-26-07 03:51 PM
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1. i'm confused...they'll help place lawyers? |
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Fri Oct-26-07 07:30 PM
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5. according to the WSJ, there are way too many lawyers graduating |
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and the work isn't there, unless one is from a prestige school.
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Bucky
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Fri Oct-26-07 03:52 PM
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2. Dirty secret... hire a network administrator and you get a programmer for free |
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Anything she can't do, you can outsource to India or the local community college.
By the way, "comedians" is a typo. I'm pretty sure they meant to say "HR supervisors". It's a common mistake.
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Deja Q
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Fri Oct-26-07 05:59 PM
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:rofl:
Though true, HR Supervisors makes more sense...
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Fri Oct-26-07 06:20 PM
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4. What that sign didn't say |
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is that statistically the majority of lawyers are self-employed. Many of them can't get jobs either. But they can start their own practice.
One of the states where I am licensed regularly surveys its bar members. Over the last 20 to 30 years about 70% have consistently reported being self-employed.
The mileage may vary from state to state.
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