[350HP930]

Well, the last time I was looking for a job was December and January, not exactly the best months to base a judgement on.

Now that I am rather actively looking around again all I can tell you is that it is better than 6 months ago but it still looks pretty bad.

When major corporations are looking for engineers in my area with at least 10 years of experience for only $35K-$45K a year I think they are telling us what they think about the labor market right now.

A few of my friends who still have some nice and cushy IT jobs are starting to really worry because their employer, Time Warner Cable, due to parent company problems and the recent split with Bright House is getting ready to consolidate and lay off a lot of its IT and telecom workers.

Now the very same people who were telling me to hold my chin up cause things would eventually get better are now asking me for job search advice.

The more I look for IT work the happier I become that I can go out and spin wrenches for about $50K a year if I have to.