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01-18-2009, 04:49 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: New Zealand
Posts: 7,018
| Playing it safe and going back into I.T. work for a while..
Hi All,
Just to let you know that the current situation with the global economy has made me uneasy. So.. I have decided it wouldn't hurt to get back into the I.T. sector for a while and maintain my I.T. services skill set. After a few months of searching and interviewing I landed a great gig about 35mins from here "Windows Technical Specialist" for an I.T. services company. How will this affect APUG? For the most part it shouldn't. I did run APUG many years while working full time so know what to expect. Things were different back then as well, with a lot more strife in the forums. The past couple of years things have been smooth because we focused on the site rules and tone we want here, and have been lucky enough to have a moderation team/membership council to maintain that. I am confident things will continue as normal as well as improve. I'll be working with a hired hand more frequently as well to ensure our upgrades get rolled out and additional enhancements to the site get put in. The next scheduled upgrade will be end of this month.
Thanks!
Sean | 
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01-18-2009, 05:01 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Eastern Canada
Posts: 1,469
| Looks like a good move Sean.One never knows just what lies around the corner these days.Plus,you have a family to think of.
Good Luck,
Mike | |
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01-18-2009, 05:09 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 1,020
| Wish you luck Sean. It won't be an easy year or so, and I hope that we all make it through unscathed. You have created something amazing here...and amazing things tend to have a life of their own ;-) | |
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01-18-2009, 05:37 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 1,523
| Best to keep those marketable skills sharp and current. The only true job security is between your ears.
Best of luck.
Rick
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01-18-2009, 05:54 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Oslo, Norway
Posts: 155
| That sounds like a sensible move Sean, the longer you're out of a technology role, the harder it is to get back in.
Mike | |
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01-18-2009, 07:34 AM
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Join Date: May 2008 Location: Ignacio, CO, USA
Posts: 960
| We are all facing new economic issues.
I went back into the Natural Gas industry earlier this year for similar reasons. It has been a great choice, it has given me the ability to give up digital and rework my photographic world around film.
Best of luck,
Mark
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"The photograph itself doesn't interest me. I want only to capture a minute part of reality." Henri Cartier-Bresson
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01-18-2009, 07:39 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Finland
Posts: 1,440
| I wish you all the best, Sean! 
Cheers
André | |
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01-18-2009, 07:43 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Penwithick, Cornwall, U.K.
Posts: 285
| Good luck Sean and thanks for all you do for APUG.
Regards, John. | |
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01-18-2009, 08:53 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Prospect (Louisville), KY, USA
Posts: 981
| I admire you for putting your family first. and thank you again for what you've built here. | |
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01-18-2009, 09:22 AM
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Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 152
| I understand you and wish you good luck. Hope you manage both jobs.
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