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   Chris, 25 Oct 2002 @ 11:13am

   
   

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   Egads, that article pretty much ruined my day. Luckily, I only put in one year at a telecom. One reason I got out was the fear of being branded a telecom guy. In sales - thats sort of like used car guy. Not saying its fair - but its how the business world looks at salespeople from the (formerly) big telcos.
   One phrase on the first page really caught my attention though:
   Like so many in the telecom boom, he has lived beyond his means.
   There is obviously a lesson there...

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   Anonymous Coward, 25 Oct 2002 @ 12:55pm

   
   

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   I can agree that MCI/Worldcom looked like a bad idea, and one which has pretty much killed any company they touched.
   
   This is different reading for me -- it is the first time I remember reading about out of work high-tech people who were genuine tech people, not "HTML-For-Dummies" type 'tech' people.
   
   Everything is cyclical, and have no doubt that after a couple of years of readjusing things will start to grow at a slower and saner level than before.

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   Kyle, 25 Oct 2002 @ 1:31pm

   
   

   That was so depressing

   Now that I'm actively job hunting, I did not need to be reminded of how many people I am competing against. As the poster above me mentioned, it is cyclical though, and hopefully we are at the bottom of the cycle. It's all from here.

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