Unemployment Hits New High In Silicon Valley 338
Though there may be some degree of cushion for IT workers in the US generally, Slatterz writes "The steadily climbing unemployment rate in Silicon Valley has reached a shocking four-year high
of 6.6 per cent. Recent statistics indicate that the percentage of unemployed workers in the sunny state of California has increased to 7.7 in August — up from 7.4 per cent in July. Jeffrey Lindsay of Bernstein Research explained that a number of Internet firms were chronically overstaffed."
Not to worry (Score:4, Informative)
IT workers are cushioned from the US economic downturn. [slashdot.org]
Shocking high (Score:3, Informative)
link for the U6 (Score:5, Informative)
here's the link for the U6
http://www.bls.gov/webapps/legacy/cpsatab12.htm [bls.gov]
should have posted it to begin with.
Re:Capitalism is dying, netcraft confirms, news at (Score:1, Informative)
>oiling her hair
virgin detected
Re:simple solution (Score:3, Informative)
If you had to deal with people from the rest of the country constantly calling you an asshole, cranky, etc -- you might be an asshole and cranky to them too!
In all seriousness, have you spent that much time in NE? I mean, NYC isn't nearly that bad. Just don't stare like a bugeyed idiot at the hot women on the train, keep a safe distance from the homeless guy (passed out? maybe. He could be a zombie.) curled up on the sidewalk next to grand central station, and whatever you do - watch where you're going, don't stop in the middle of the sidewalk to look at your subway map, and walk at a decent pace.
I find that if you're generally polite (southern background, here), most people will ignore you. The only times I've experienced native NY'ers being rude was when it's been my fault. And sometimes it ends up funny:
Crossing the street with the signal, a guy in a truck trying to turn against the stream of pedestrians crossing 8th Avenue (at 18th street) laid on his horn. For a good five seconds. Leaned out his window, and asked if we could walk any slower. I just looked up from my triple skinny latte (just kidding.. it was hot cocoa), smiled, and said cheerfully, "Sure!" He laid on his horn, got angry, and then got a ticket for blocking the box once the light turned.
What goes around comes around, and when you live in a city as densely packed as NYC -- it tends to come around a lot faster than other places.
True that about the nanny state. I'm embarassed for a lot of New Yorkers for producing politicians like Ghouliani and Billary. Good thing there's a decent job market and good entertainment, here!
And so what if it's chilly here in the winter? Put on a freakin' coat. It's not going to kill you to wear something other than a tshirt.
Rather that than the bland dry heat of Cali.. at least the weather changes, here. And doesn't dry out my sinuses and make my nose bleed.
Re:One question (Score:4, Informative)
I just bought some property in the Bangalore area. The condos I bought were a third the price they are here in the far New York suburbs, and if memory serves, the last time I looked in Silicon Valley, it was a good bit more expensive there than here.
Re:Unemployment is only the thin end of the wedge (Score:2, Informative)
Guilds are more like trade assocations, with each member being more or less self-employed, while unions are organized groups of employees.
Similar, but not the same. Unions aren't likely to work for IT because they are based on the idea that any two workers are interchangeable. This is most certainly not the case in IT.