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Old 05-07-2010, 10:52 AM
 
Location: Carrollton, TX
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I've been working in IT here in Dallas for the past 5 yrs and I've been having a tough time getting another contract since the first of the year. I do something that is in demand and I haven't had this problem before.

Anyone else notice this? I'm interviewing with a company in Omaha today because they're willing to pay twice what I'm making in Dallas. I'm trying to wrap my head around living in Omaha and keep telling myself that I'll be able to afford to travel whenever I want but it's a pill to swallow, I think.

I guess I'm looking for confirmation that the Dallas IT market is a little slow right now so I'm not jumping the gun to move to Nebraska.
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Old 05-07-2010, 11:40 AM
 
Location: Aurora, CO
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I've been working in IT here in Dallas for the past 5 yrs and I've been having a tough time getting another contract since the first of the year. I do something that is in demand and I haven't had this problem before.

Anyone else notice this? I'm interviewing with a company in Omaha today because they're willing to pay twice what I'm making in Dallas. I'm trying to wrap my head around living in Omaha and keep telling myself that I'll be able to afford to travel whenever I want but it's a pill to swallow, I think.

I guess I'm looking for confirmation that the Dallas IT market is a little slow right now so I'm not jumping the gun to move to Nebraska.
If anything the IT market in Dallas is picking up. I've had recruiters coming out of the woodwork lately. There are FAR more people looking than there are openings, though. It's an employer's market and likely will be for the next 3-5 years.

There are a lot of people out of work and even more people are coming here site-unseen because Texas has gotten the reputation of having better weathered the economic downturn. That reputation is somewhat unfounded, though, because we've got our own serious problems. There's an $11 Billion budget crisis looming and unemployment taxes went up 300% this year because we had to borrow $2 Billion from the feds (with interest) when the state unemployment fund became insolvent (thanks Rick!).

People are piling into a state with an already craptacular infrastructure and it's only going to get worse. You're probably better off in Omaha.
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Old 05-07-2010, 11:47 AM
 
Location: Carrollton, TX
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Thanks for the response. I think you're right about the market being flooded with people coming here for IT jobs (and other jobs). I heard something on the news about the mid-west being the place for jobs now I just never thought it might come to this for me.

I usually work contract and have a niche skill set that keeps me employed most of the time but it seems to be harder this time for sure.
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Old 05-07-2010, 12:18 PM
 
Location: Dallas, TX
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I also noticed more recruiter activity the last month or so. But I guess it depends on your niche.
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Old 05-07-2010, 12:42 PM
 
Location: Lake Highlands (Dallas)
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What's "something that is in demand"?

I'm in networking and we can't find good, qualified candidates. Seems many folks have some skills, think they have great skills and want to get paid as if they were the top industry expert (some folks still think it's 1998). That's just my experience anyhow.

Brian
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Old 05-07-2010, 02:52 PM
 
Location: Carrollton, TX
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I'm a SharePoint Business Analyst. Not many of us but IT managers keep hiring people with dev skills, which they don't need, and think the developer can do double duty as a BA. I just accepted the Omaha contract - it's at a major health insurance company so it'll be good for the resume.
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Old 05-07-2010, 03:39 PM
 
Location: Lake Highlands (Dallas)
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Wow - I must really have my head burried in the Juniper/Cisco/Force10/etc networking world cause I don't even know what SharePoint is... hehe..

Best of luck in Omaha - maybe you can hook up with Warren Buffet.

Brian
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Old 05-07-2010, 03:53 PM
 
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Brinks has a job posted in Coppell
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Old 05-07-2010, 06:17 PM
 
Location: Aurora, CO
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Wow - I must really have my head burried in the Juniper/Cisco/Force10/etc networking world cause I don't even know what SharePoint is... hehe..

Best of luck in Omaha - maybe you can hook up with Warren Buffet.

Brian
Yup, that 'splains it. SharePoint is Microsoft's content management system.
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Old 05-07-2010, 06:36 PM
 
Location: Carrollton, TX
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Brinks has a job posted in Coppell
Thanks loves2read - I've seen it. Hardly pays and they've had it there for a while. I get a lot of calls from recruiters too but I've noticed that developers are trying to work into my territory . I could tough it out but I decided this would be my foot in the door to the health care industry and that makes it worthwhile. Plus, I'm getting something unheard of these days, a generous Per Diem rate for expenses related to travel and housing between Omaha and Dallas.

Interestingly, I just discovered that Omaha is a bit of a tech hub with a bunch of data centers for outfits like Google and Yahoo. Quite a few Fortune 500/1000 businesses there for a city that is less than 500,000.

FYI, SharePoint is more than content mgmt system it does collaboration, workflow, surfacing data from other systems, document management...it's Microsoft's best selling product ever
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