RE: Midrange Jobs National Discussion

I got laid off five years ago as a senior programmer/analyst and just now
got a 6 month contract as a computer operator. There is nothing available.
I've also fallen behind on my skills and don't know what to do next.

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Those problems have already started surfacing. I knew a guy in California 
who worked for Bank of America. The third time he had to train an Indian 
to take his job, he went out to his car and ate his gun.

We have out of work programmers working at Home Depot and Wal-Mart. I know 
a guy here in Chicago who lost his job 4 years ago in an iSeries shop. He 
went back to school and learned the PC programming languages, and he still 
can't get a job because he's competing with 20-somethings who are single. 
My friend has a family and a mortgage.

Our major problem in this workplace is the 30 to 40 something MBA's who 
manage on a quarter to quarter basis rather than taking the long view.