job security anxiety - what color is my parachute

Woke up this morning realizing that, in a sick way, seeing where things are going for me at my employer in advance of being fired, allows me to somewhat prepare.

Realized I need to get a list of current colleague references.

So, that is the current task: to capture peers that I work with, ( Read more... )

Geek-friendly (hopefully) places to apply to, for my Next Job

JPL/Nasa

Movie studios - WB, Paramount, Dreamworks, Sony, etc

Entertainment companies - ABC, NBC, etc

At a recent all-hands meeting at work, ExecMgmt shared the direction of the Company. During that share, a few facts were shared, that make me want to vent about them.
open-source vs proprietary

The Company is switching their customer-facing internet applications to a proprietary API and set of applications.
*nix vs mainframe

The Company ( Read more... )

time to go learn something new - continued

I have been job hunting since June. Actively search dice.com, careerbuilder.com, careers.stackoverflow.com, kaiserpermanentejobs.org

I've had a few HR recruiters call me back. I've gotten many many emails from job placement agencies, but it's almost always for temp work, contractor work, or jobs that ( Read more... )

Had a 2hr one-on-one MBO meeting with my manager yesterday.

After the usual pleasantries, mentioned that for me, it was time to go learn something new. That, after 10yrs of EDI/X12834v5010 coordination, being the SME for it, that I wanted a change of environment.

Asked for his support, if I sign up for classes in leadership, applied for other ( Read more... )

Now that I realize I want to do something new for a job, I am putting all my free time into job hunting.

Doing daily searches on LinkedIn, Dice, and Careerbuilder. Doing daily networking with colleagues Present and Past, via LinkedIn and regular email. Letting it be Known that I want a new gig, and if they think I might be a good fit for openings ( Read more... )

time to go learn something new

Ten years ago, I was a new employee where I work now.

I didn't have any experience with HIPPA, or EDI, or X12, or healthcare transaction processing. I came armed with five years of J2EE daily job experience, web development experience, dot com experience.

But, a recruiter at the company saw my skillset, the ( Read more... )