Hiring Is Up in Silicon Valley for High-Skill Jobs 208
Carl Bialik writes to tell us the Wall Street Journal is reporting that five years after the dot-com burst, job growth is finally returning to Silicon Valley. From the article: "Doug Henton, an economist and co-author of the report, says with the growth in these creative engineering jobs, a new face of Silicon Valley is emerging. 'Ten years ago, this was an engineering Valley that pumped out chips and computers,' he says. 'Now it's all about creative tech and staying on the cutting edge.'"
Just in time - (Score:3, Informative)
Re:San Francisco isn't the Valley (Score:2, Informative)
Temps (Score:2, Informative)
I got my current job because I know someone. No way I would have gotten this job otherwise. I know this because I was told so by my manager who hired me. I have a lot of experience, but in other areas. Directly experienced candidates (before me and currently) for the same exact job are getting turned away in droves. As far as my job performance goes, I can honestly say that I'm doing about as well as the "experts" I work alongside with, and they're both temps (I am too). All of us are better at our jobs than a permanent employee we have to work with (who barely does anything unless yelled at by our manager).
It's who you know, not what you know. Before my current job, I believed that, at the very least, 'what you know' would count for something... Only if you're a PhD and willing to work for (relatively) peanuts.