Another View From The Bottom
from the not-looking-good dept
gary wrote in with yet another story about out of work technology workers, this time focusing on those in the "Telecom Corridor" in Texas. Not exactly the most uplifting reading.
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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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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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That was so depressing
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