Re: Informix job market?

Joe Lumbley wrote: > > I've been following the Informix financial situation since the beginning, > and have participated in all of the usual chauvinistic "Informix has the > best technology" discussions, as I'm sure everyone else in this group has > been doing for the last several months. At first, it seemed inconceivable > to me that Informix would go down the drains....then it became inconceivable > that other companies could just sit back and not snatch up Informix, especially > at just over $4 per share. Personally, I wish I had more money, to buy up > Informix stock while it's in the basement. > > I've noticed something, though, that may be important to all of us as Informix > professionals. At least in the Dallas area, the number of Informix-related > job postings seems to be at an all-time low. Anybody else seen the same thing? > It seems like my favorite barometer of the Informix job market, recruiter > postings in c.d.i (;-)=> , also seems to be depressed. > > What's the market looking like in everybody else's areas? > > Joe > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Joe Lumbley(jlumbley@netcom.com) author of: "INFORMIX DBA Survival Guide" > > Slaving away on "INFORMIX DEBUGGERS Survival Guide", available early 1998 > from Prentice Hall/Informix Press. If you have debugging tips, tools, or > ideas to share, please send me some e-mail. > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Well Joe, since you asked, :-) It's not exactly jumping here in South Florida, but I think it's too early to tell which way the wind will blow. I think many are adopting a wait and see attitude. Waiting to see the next step Informix will take. I could be wrong, but you never know. The difference in the web sites between Oracle and Informix is a prime example of how things can work. One site caters to developers, the other caters to management. One is doing great, the other is not. One is paying attention to the market, the other is not. One has momentum the other does not. The one with momentum will probably continue to have a great job market, the other, well... Tim -- Tim Schaefer \\\\|// tschaefe@mindspring.com 6 6 -------------------------------oOOo---( )---o00o---------------------- http://www.inxutil.com ICQ:6358805 http://www.informix.com http://www.iiug.org news://comp.databases.informix mailto:majordomo@iiug.org no subject body: subscribe linux-informix http://securities.stanford.edu/complaints/informix/ ======================================================================