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Well, had a nice pleasant morning. Got an envelope from my boss, he came up to the client site this morning, and in it was a little note about how I just got a 5.5% raise effective this week.

He was telling me how things are finally starting to improve, and that the outlook for next year is, well, he used the word, "bullish." This from a guy who is actually very pratical and, well sometimes is accused of being pessimistic (he's one of two guys that run the company I work for, they make a perfect partnership, one is very "head in the clouds" while the other, as I said, is very (sometimes too) down to earth).

We have our bi-annual meeting tonight, and he summed it up, that prospects are picking up, and that opportunities are finally starting to become more reality than just empty talk. So, I'm wondering, does this mean that IT, or at least application development/consulting is starting to pick itself up? I'm not completely convinced it is, but our company is a bit different (yeah, who's isn't)... in that we are not effected (so far) by the whole off-shore thing in that is not the kind of work we do, nor is it the kind we seek, may be a different story in 3-5 years, but hopefully I would have moved on by then... and that we have developed some pretty strong partnerships with some very stable businesses. Unique situation? Yeah, I think so in this day and age.

Anyway, I wasn't expecting a raise, nor am I the type to demand them when I feel I am being paid fairly... and even when I think I'm getting the shank, I don't, I just get the fuck out. Pretty simple.

Anyway, a nice surprise to start a Wednesday morning.

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  • So, I'm wondering, does this mean that IT, or at least application development/consulting is starting to pick itself up? I'm not completely convinced it is,

    I get the impression it is: more headhunter activity reported, more positions being advertised, increased sales etc.

    but our company is a bit different (yeah, who's isn't)... in that we are not effected (so far) by the whole off-shore thing in that is not the kind of work we do, nor is it the kind we seek, may be a different story in 3-5 years, but ho

    • Yup happens after every ressession. With growth > 3% (I've heard 4% lately, but I don't remember where), It's only a matter of time.
  • I'm seeing the same thing. The last several weeks have seen more calls about my resume than the several months prior. The IT sector as a whole is slowly recovering.

    One way to look at it... The late nineties saw major application overhaul at established businesses due to Y2K. The dot-com buble saw lots of new businesses rise and fall. Now, all those applications that were updated 5 years ago for Y2K are looking crufty again.

    India isn't as big a factor as it is made out to be in the media. The funda

    • Effective projects need to have a top tier guru to architect and then parcel out the mid-level work to others

      Exactly... and that's pretty much what our company is. Its small (under 20 consultants) and we are the "gurus" that people need to anchor projects (I don't mean to toot my own horn, but hey, that's what they hired me for... to be the go-to guy when the shit hits the fan and to produce results when junior people don't).

      • ...we are the "gurus" that people need to anchor projects...

        For those of us with high level expertise, it is amzing what is out there. I went on a fairly promising job interview yesterday for an Oracle development job. They asked their DBA to "tech" me. He started hitting me with questions mostly about optimization in Oracle. I was giving him answers about using "EXPLAIN PLAN", rule vs. cost based optimization, using bind variables to avoid reparsing a statement, etc. He told me that mine was "the o

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  • meant something to somebody. The timing kind of fits too.

    In such a small company the head two people must have read those personally. Otherwise they wouldn't waste everyone's time with it.

    The way your company gives raises seems different from where I work. We get a raise/bonus after a good year, rather than based on prospects for the future. Prospective versus retrospective.

    My guess is they want you to stick around to help them realize the opportunities they're bullish about. That form you filled in ma

    • The way your company gives raises seems different from where I work. We get a raise/bonus after a good year, rather than based on prospects for the future. Prospective versus retrospective.

      Oh yeah of course, and that's the way it works for us as well, in fact we just had our bi-annual meeting where they (the two principles) review the numbers, and we met our numbers for this year, fully booked the rest of this year, and already have a solid foot hold on next year.

      Congratulations! Now your problem is ho
      • Heh, don't say cruise! I'm going on this [phparch.com] cruise (I'm one of the speakers)... good thing... is they pay *me* to go :-D

        Yeah I vaguely remember, hence the goad.

        uh is this the first or second of the two engagements you mentioned before, (or a third?? no way)? Sorry I lost track :-/ I'm wondering if you're a veteran at it yet.

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