ORACLENERD: Don't Go Into the Office

Agggh! I went through that same thing. Sorry!

# posted by

Harold Green : July 29, 2008 at 2:54 PM

I'm seriously paranoid about it now. ;)

I understand it's the life of a consultant...and I don't mind spending the time with my family...but I do have to work a little bit!

# posted by

oraclenerd : July 29, 2008 at 2:56 PM

Dude! No Way!

That sucks! Shoot me an email. I have a couple of contacts. I might be able to hook you up.

LewisC

# posted by

LewisC : July 29, 2008 at 3:23 PM

Mate, that's rough. Hoping for another quick bounce back...

# posted by

DomBrooks : July 29, 2008 at 3:39 PM

Thanks Dom. It's been a rough few years...thankfully my father passed on his great sense of humor and easy-going personality. :)

Plus, it's a great way to get time off!

# posted by

oraclenerd : July 29, 2008 at 4:04 PM

Sorry dude. This happened to me back in 2001 after the air wheezed out of Silicon Valley.
It did help me figure out who I am/am not and what I wanted to do/not do.
Good luck w/the job hunting.

# posted by

Jake : July 29, 2008 at 7:03 PM

Thanks Jake.

I do know that I love working with Oracle databases...I may have learned 2% of the actual functionality so there's a lot of room to grow.

I just need to avoid those LAMP shops which seem to be all the rage these days.

# posted by

oraclenerd : July 29, 2008 at 7:58 PM

Ha, LAMP isn't as prevalent as the Intertubes would have you believe.

Possible protip: Summize's RSS feed for "oracle" always has job openings. Recruiters have found Twitter. Nice thing about Summize, you don't have to use Twitter to use it.

Feel free to comb my LinkedIn contacts if you like. Drop a note if you want more info on any of them.

Guess this means you won't be coming to OOW as a blogger :) Or will you?

# posted by

Jake : July 29, 2008 at 9:40 PM

I wish I could go...I hadn't really considered doing the "blog from OOW" thing...don't consider myself a "blogger" yet. ;)

I've just added the feed from summize...pretty cool. I haven't quite got the hang of twitter yet.

Thanks for the help Jake...a trolling I go!

# posted by

oraclenerd : July 29, 2008 at 10:05 PM

Hey Chet,

Look at local government as well. Hillsborough County, City of Tampa, Pinellas County, etc, etc. Banks too - Acheiva Credit Union.

Sorry to hear it. Makes me feel like I was living this:

http://www.despair.com/mis24x30prin.html

But no one caught it. ;)

Good luck finding a new gig.

# posted by

Cory Foy : August 12, 2008 at 11:22 AM

That's a great poster! Very apropos.

I'll check those out...thanks Cory!

# posted by

oraclenerd : August 12, 2008 at 11:52 AM