[NCLUG] Job market in the Ft. Collins area

[Neil Doane]

In my experience, good *nix admin positions are pretty hard to find 
in Ft.Collins.

I have a similar level of *nix experience and I was unemployed in 
Fort Collins for 9 months before I finally found a job at NOAA in Boulder 
and had to move down here.  I felt fortunate to find something on the 
Front Range at all to be honest.  My winning tactic was basically just a
full-automatic shotgun approach.  By the end of the second month of
unemployment, I was putting out hundreds of resumes a month for jobs 
all over the US, but focusing whenever possible on jobs in the Fort 
Collins area.  I have a few friends from the area who are also 
unemployed who had more experience than me and have been unemployed for 
longer than I was.  I wouldn't move up to Fort Collins expecting to find
sysadminny work in a few days, or even a few months, unless you already have
something lined up.



Neil






* Chris Ernst (penguin-guy at comcast.net), on [02-06-04 20:45], wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I'm just curious about the job market in the Ft. Collins area.  I'll 
> be moving there from Denver this summer and I need to start looking 
> around.
> 
> I have a BS in CS and about 8 years experience in *nix systems 
> administration, network administration/security, systems programming, 
> hardware maintenance, bla bla bla......  Is this a good market for 
> someone like me?  Am I going to have trouble fonding work?  Any 
> recommendations on where to start?
> 
> I'm planning to head up there for some meetings over the next few 
> months.  I'm looking forward to meeting you all =)
> 
> Thanks a bunch!
> 
> 	- Chris
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