Outsourced!
Since I haven’t finished my “about me” page, people who read this (yeah right) that don’t know me would not know that I am an “IT worker”. More specifically, my specialty is networking. I work (or used to work) for a large company. I chose this company to work for because:
1. Their profit does not come from IT.
2. They are privately owned, and intend to stay that way.
3. They are very large, global in fact, and have a large network.
These things were very important to me at the time I was looking for the job as it was just before the IT “bubble” burst and the layoffs began. I figured that since the companies main profits did not come from IT they would not be affected by the IT market directly, or at least not feel it as deeply.
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RSS means money!
Google, Yahoo get most RSS buzz in first half of 2005 by ZDNet’s Chris Jablonski — An analysis of news consumption shows Google and Yahoo with the most attention for RSS (Really Simple Syndication) content, together commanding nearly 50% of reader interest during the first half of 2005, according to an analysis by ZDNet Research. Microsoft, who recently announced that its upcoming Longhorn platform will include support for RSS, along with its Internet division, MSN, [...]