Comments on: Technology job shortages and rocket science http://cuberules.com/2007/10/12/technology-job-shortages-and-rocket-science/ Career Advice for Cubicle Warriors Wed, 16 May 2012 13:21:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: Scot http://cuberules.com/2007/10/12/technology-job-shortages-and-rocket-science/comment-page-1/#comment-4601 Scot Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:40:57 +0000 http://cuberules.com/2007/10/12/technology-job-shortages-and-rocket-science/#comment-4601 Yes, there are tons of people who have experienced the same thing. It is one of the challenges here on Cube Rules to both protect people and their work from having this happen to them and helping them move on to something different. That is tough when the "new" retirement age is 59 instead of 65 due to layoffs and health reasons. Executives in corporations have become very short-sighted because of quarterly earnings and insulated from their employees and customers because of their employment contracts that pay millions if they fail. It's not surprising that employees are looked at for producing widgets and career management is something companies don't do. Good luck to you. Yes, there are tons of people who have experienced the same thing. It is one of the challenges here on Cube Rules to both protect people and their work from having this happen to them and helping them move on to something different. That is tough when the “new” retirement age is 59 instead of 65 due to layoffs and health reasons.

Executives in corporations have become very short-sighted because of quarterly earnings and insulated from their employees and customers because of their employment contracts that pay millions if they fail. It’s not surprising that employees are looked at for producing widgets and career management is something companies don’t do.

Good luck to you.

]]> By: Scot http://cuberules.com/2007/10/12/technology-job-shortages-and-rocket-science/comment-page-1/#comment-5837 Scot Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:40:00 +0000 http://cuberules.com/2007/10/12/technology-job-shortages-and-rocket-science/#comment-5837 Yes, there are tons of people who have experienced the same thing. It is one of the challenges here on Cube Rules to both protect people and their work from having this happen to them and helping them move on to something different. That is tough when the "new" retirement age is 59 instead of 65 due to layoffs and health reasons. Executives in corporations have become very short-sighted because of quarterly earnings and insulated from their employees and customers because of their employment contracts that pay millions if they fail. It's not surprising that employees are looked at for producing widgets and career management is something companies don't do. Good luck to you. Yes, there are tons of people who have experienced the same thing. It is one of the challenges here on Cube Rules to both protect people and their work from having this happen to them and helping them move on to something different. That is tough when the “new” retirement age is 59 instead of 65 due to layoffs and health reasons.

Executives in corporations have become very short-sighted because of quarterly earnings and insulated from their employees and customers because of their employment contracts that pay millions if they fail. It’s not surprising that employees are looked at for producing widgets and career management is something companies don’t do.

Good luck to you.

]]> By: Still Angry http://cuberules.com/2007/10/12/technology-job-shortages-and-rocket-science/comment-page-1/#comment-4600 Still Angry Sun, 14 Dec 2008 03:24:03 +0000 http://cuberules.com/2007/10/12/technology-job-shortages-and-rocket-science/#comment-4600 I'm a retired electronics and software engineer. I learned the hard way how American capitalism works. I busted my ass for decades and created new devices that made my various corporate employers and their investors many millions of dollars. I was really good at what I did, a team player, and a total workaholic. Then I turned fifty and was "down-sized" out of a company I'd been with for over eighteen years. After that, several hundred resumes resulted in no interviews. After over a year of trying, I simply gave it up. Why would anyone hire a very experienced man who might need a week or two to get up to speed on whichever latest and greatest software package they're using, when they can hire recent graduates with no practical engineering experience for less than half the price. America's corporations don't really need or want experienced talent with a proven track record -- they want the innovators, whose greatest ideas are easily stolen while they're still young, eager, and easily duped. If I had it to do over, I'd much rather be self-employed, than to ever trust another publicly held corporation that exists solely for the benefit of its over-paid management, the profit of its do-nothing investors, and to Hell with the loyal employees whose talent and hard work actually created the products that made all that profit-making possible. Bitter? You bet! ...and there's thousands out there just like me, who would advise young people to avoid the technology sector's dead-end professions. I’m a retired electronics and software engineer. I learned the hard way how American capitalism works. I busted my ass for decades and created new devices that made my various corporate employers and their investors many millions of dollars. I was really good at what I did, a team player, and a total workaholic. Then I turned fifty and was “down-sized” out of a company I’d been with for over eighteen years. After that, several hundred resumes resulted in no interviews. After over a year of trying, I simply gave it up. Why would anyone hire a very experienced man who might need a week or two to get up to speed on whichever latest and greatest software package they’re using, when they can hire recent graduates with no practical engineering experience for less than half the price. America’s corporations don’t really need or want experienced talent with a proven track record — they want the innovators, whose greatest ideas are easily stolen while they’re still young, eager, and easily duped. If I had it to do over, I’d much rather be self-employed, than to ever trust another publicly held corporation that exists solely for the benefit of its over-paid management, the profit of its do-nothing investors, and to Hell with the loyal employees whose talent and hard work actually created the products that made all that profit-making possible. Bitter? You bet! …and there’s thousands out there just like me, who would advise young people to avoid the technology sector’s dead-end professions.

]]> By: Still Angry http://cuberules.com/2007/10/12/technology-job-shortages-and-rocket-science/comment-page-1/#comment-5836 Still Angry Sun, 14 Dec 2008 03:24:00 +0000 http://cuberules.com/2007/10/12/technology-job-shortages-and-rocket-science/#comment-5836 I'm a retired electronics and software engineer. I learned the hard way how American capitalism works. I busted my ass for decades and created new devices that made my various corporate employers and their investors many millions of dollars. I was really good at what I did, a team player, and a total workaholic. Then I turned fifty and was "down-sized" out of a company I'd been with for over eighteen years. After that, several hundred resumes resulted in no interviews. After over a year of trying, I simply gave it up. Why would anyone hire a very experienced man who might need a week or two to get up to speed on whichever latest and greatest software package they're using, when they can hire recent graduates with no practical engineering experience for less than half the price. America's corporations don't really need or want experienced talent with a proven track record -- they want the innovators, whose greatest ideas are easily stolen while they're still young, eager, and easily duped. If I had it to do over, I'd much rather be self-employed, than to ever trust another publicly held corporation that exists solely for the benefit of its over-paid management, the profit of its do-nothing investors, and to Hell with the loyal employees whose talent and hard work actually created the products that made all that profit-making possible. Bitter? You bet! ...and there's thousands out there just like me, who would advise young people to avoid the technology sector's dead-end professions. I’m a retired electronics and software engineer. I learned the hard way how American capitalism works. I busted my ass for decades and created new devices that made my various corporate employers and their investors many millions of dollars. I was really good at what I did, a team player, and a total workaholic. Then I turned fifty and was “down-sized” out of a company I’d been with for over eighteen years. After that, several hundred resumes resulted in no interviews. After over a year of trying, I simply gave it up. Why would anyone hire a very experienced man who might need a week or two to get up to speed on whichever latest and greatest software package they’re using, when they can hire recent graduates with no practical engineering experience for less than half the price. America’s corporations don’t really need or want experienced talent with a proven track record — they want the innovators, whose greatest ideas are easily stolen while they’re still young, eager, and easily duped. If I had it to do over, I’d much rather be self-employed, than to ever trust another publicly held corporation that exists solely for the benefit of its over-paid management, the profit of its do-nothing investors, and to Hell with the loyal employees whose talent and hard work actually created the products that made all that profit-making possible. Bitter? You bet! …and there’s thousands out there just like me, who would advise young people to avoid the technology sector’s dead-end professions.

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