okay I know this is going out on a limb, but I am pretty good with computers but my undergrad degree and my masters degree are not in the computer field. I am laid off at my present job at the end of this year and would love any and I mean ANY job in the Raleigh or RTP area. I am a fast learner as I worked in a finance job and picked up that job quickly. I don't even need anything more than 40K and that is honestly all I am looking for. contract or not. Just a simple 8-5. Anyone please PM me and I can send resume and linked inn. Doesn't hurt to try right? Thanks everyone.

9/25/2012 9:46:53 PM

really?! not one person out here has any leads on even a cheap paying tech job for someone with minimal experience in that field? I am asking about 20K less than what most make!

10/2/2012 1:02:41 AM

Those jobs are pretty plentiful. Have you checked Craigslist?

10/2/2012 1:52:10 AM

Red Hat has had a lot of Technical Support Engineer positions open recently. There's none currently as I think we're tightening our butthole, but just keep checking.

And by butthole I mean something something something earnings something something pursestrings

10/2/2012 1:56:09 AM

What are the links? I would like to check as well on red hat, etc.

10/2/2012 4:31:15 AM

Quote :

"I am asking about 20K less than what most make!"

You're asking about 20K less than what a junior developer would make.
I realize you're "pretty good with computers" but with no degree and no experience in engineering I'm not really sure what you're expecting here.
If they were just handing out jobs paying 40K/yr then everyone would have one.

10/2/2012 10:07:11 AM

Yea and actually I've seen several people here and elsewhere complain about entry level developer positions at 40k. That's definitely on the low end for development, but there are people out there making that with computer science degrees. I've even been offered around 32k by recruiters and told to be grateful for it.

By the way, can't one make a shitton in finance?

10/2/2012 7:51:16 PM

People in the bay area that have 2 years experience are asking for $130K. Fucking kids these days...

10/2/2012 11:12:39 PM

yeah, but that won't get them rent for a basic flop-house out there

10/2/2012 11:18:05 PM

I am just looking for a change of scenery. give me 40K and 3 weeks vacation and I am happy. Sorry, I just have been in the finance field for so long / operations in it I am bored. Any suggestions still welcome!

10/2/2012 11:24:16 PM

help desk and software testing sounds like they'd fit the bill. I can't imagine wanting to go either route though

10/2/2012 11:48:40 PM

^^^

You can easily make it on way less right out of school even with a place in the city. Rent for a 2 bedroom is $2700 and under $2k for a studio in a good part of town. If you don't mind crack heads out front it can go as low as 1500.

$130k is more than $8000 net a month. $2k is only 25% of that.

[Edited on October 4, 2012 at 2:58 PM. Reason : a]

10/4/2012 2:56:21 PM

with no degree you'll end up imaging computers and desktop support for the rest of your life.

I'm a contractor for top fortune 100 company and I can tell you there is NO advancement in the operations/infrastructure IT world.

Get a cert, go work for a vendor and specialize in something. Cisco, IBM, Avaya/ATT, Dell, Trace3, etc.

10/4/2012 5:25:09 PM

Quote :

"with no degree you'll end up imaging computers and desktop support for the rest of your life."

i'm pretty far from imaging computers and desktop support, full time at a fortune 200. just sayin..

10/4/2012 9:32:43 PM

Quote :

"with no degree you'll end up imaging computers and desktop support for the rest of your life."

Meh, my buddy just got a raise to 100K and he doesn't have any degree, but he can program circles around me. Def not the norm though.

10/5/2012 12:13:44 PM

Quote :

"with no degree you'll end up imaging computers and desktop support for the rest of your life. "

Although maybe true for this guy because he seems to have no development experience, this is not the case at all outside of whatever MegaCorp, Inc. you work for.

[Edited on October 5, 2012 at 12:53 PM. Reason : This is a popular quote]

10/5/2012 12:52:47 PM

I guess you could fall into some niche programming stuff.

Security/Risk/Audit/glorified patcher roles don't count either.

10/5/2012 5:19:47 PM

Quote :

"Meh, my buddy just got a raise to 100K and he doesn't have any degree, but he can program circles around me."

Yes, this is a great option. Here's how to do it.

1. Start with zero programming experience and then become a god at programming
2. Get a development position (for this step, you will need 5 years experience)
3. Work in that position for 5 years
4. Go back in time to step 2
5. ....
6. Profit

10/5/2012 5:37:17 PM

Position: Part-time Java Developer and Special Projects
Company: Financial Services Company in Cary, but you would work remotely
Pay: We pay competitively, but I don't make the final $$$ decision. I just need to know your expected rate.
Description: You would be expected to work 10-20 hours a month updating and troubleshooting our Java-based application. The application uses a MySQL database and Tomcat as the application server (so any Tomcat or Java web experience is a plus). The biggest requirement is that you are a self-starter, willing to work primarily by yourself, and able to communicate via email and phone on a consistent basis. If you are currently a programmer and want to work on the bigger picture, gain some new skills, add some experience to your resume, and make some good cash, let me know. I have worked with this company for 7 years, and it has been a great experience.

Shoot me a copy of your resume, hourly rate expectations, and any questions via PM.

[Edited on October 8, 2012 at 3:33 PM. Reason : formatting]

10/8/2012 3:32:30 PM

Is full-time's available?

10/8/2012 6:02:24 PM

I am also hiring for a full time spot, but it is for full PHP/Java/HTML/Javascript technology stack.

10/8/2012 6:25:08 PM

What's the company?

10/8/2012 6:35:50 PM

If you are interested in the position, shoot me your information. I'd rather not get into too many details about the company on a public forum (and the company is likely one you have never heard of).

10/9/2012 12:22:33 AM

Optimizer is looking for a VERY experienced SEO Pro, especially one who is good at the drops in rankings resulting from Panda, with the potential of $2000 or more per month part-time: /message_topic.aspx?topic=631513

plz give his "offer" the respect it deserves

10/9/2012 12:31:13 AM

I'm working at Kaplan (Test Prep) in NY now. We've got a couple junior and senior developer (mostly .NET and webstack) positions available or soon to be available. If anybody's looking for work or knows somebody who might be interested, lemme know.

10/10/2012 8:17:31 PM

^^ Why doesn't he post the actual job?

10/11/2012 10:25:04 AM

I don't thiink anyone would bite if they knew what it actually involved

it's like a new-millennium "work from home" scam

10/11/2012 7:40:28 PM

yeah, so how about just not posting scams?

10/12/2012 11:48:02 AM

Yeah, srsly.

10/13/2012 3:36:06 AM

Thanks for all the good responses I have received so far. Everyone should have received a reply from me. We still have 1 or 2 more positions to fill, let me know if you are interested.

Quote :

"Position: Part-time Java Developer and Special Projects Company: Financial Services Company in Cary, but you would work remotely Pay: We pay competitively, but I don't make the final $$$ decision. I just need to know your expected rate. Description: You would be expected to work 10-20 hours a month updating and troubleshooting our Java-based application. The application uses a MySQL database and Tomcat as the application server (so any Tomcat or Java web experience is a plus). The biggest requirement is that you are a self-starter, willing to work primarily by yourself, and able to communicate via email and phone on a consistent basis. If you are currently a programmer and want to work on the bigger picture, gain some new skills, add some experience to your resume, and make some good cash, let me know. I have worked with this company for 7 years, and it has been a great experience. "

10/18/2012 4:55:37 PM

Quote :

"with no degree you'll end up imaging computers and desktop support for the rest of your life."

Not true. It's certainly more difficult, and will generally take a longer amount of time, but it's absolutely possible. I work with a couple of people here at MS that only have high school diplomas or GEDs. The biggest different is on average they are 5-7 years old than their college graduate peers. But they are also among the best in their areas of skill and expertise.

Honestly the biggest gap I see between degree/non-degree candidates is their social skills. College grads (particularly CSC and Engineering) tend to have massively improved workplace social skills (being respectful, tactful, observant and generally polite) versus non-degree holders. The tradeoff is that college grads tend to have about 100x the inflated ego that non-degree folks do, and it gets them in a lot more hot water early in their professional careers.

10/18/2012 7:05:36 PM

agree on the ego. Someone get thats call out email and suddenly they think they are on the xbox/reddit/tww.

10/18/2012 7:37:09 PM

Just realized the median salary for developers is $90k. Damn.
http://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/software-developers.htm

10/27/2012 10:35:14 AM

bandwidth.com is doing a lot of hiring in the Raleigh/Cary office.

https://bandwidth-openhire.silkroad.com/epostings/index.cfm?fuseaction=app.jobsearch

10/27/2012 4:42:13 PM

woohoo our data centers are down in NJ. No email!

10/30/2012 11:12:56 AM

BCBSNC is hiring ETL developers.

10/31/2012 11:44:23 AM

How much money does a dba make?

Im krallum and i approved this message

11/5/2012 10:56:26 AM

if you're good, 100k+ isn't unreasonable

11/5/2012 11:14:46 AM

you're going to need to understand when to use relational and not to, as well as distributed and eventually consistent data stores like cassandra and hadoop

11/5/2012 7:04:02 PM

I applied at some bandwidth jobs. People keep posting more!

11/6/2012 12:09:59 AM

Quote :

"you're going to need to understand when to use relational and not to, as well as distributed and eventually consistent data stores like cassandra and hadoop"

Yeah being a versatile dba is a hellacious position now, with so many non-sql database technologies really becoming industry standards (map-reduce, key-pair and open graph for instance)

11/7/2012 4:06:40 PM

Red Hat is hiring a sysadmin for our support lab in Raleigh. The job posting doesn't seem to be up anymore, but I know for a fact that we haven't filled it yet.

11/7/2012 5:53:43 PM

well then

I'm Krallum and I approved this message.

11/8/2012 7:45:51 AM

bumping because I have some funding available for (go to the last few posts)
http://www.thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=632798&page=1

11/26/2012 1:00:06 AM

neato

are you basically trying to clone rap genius? http://rapgenius.com/James-madison-the-us-constitution-article-1-lyrics

just kidding, B

11/26/2012 7:41:03 AM

ha, wow I hadn't seen that before

so yeah very much like that except for all legislation and not just explaining and then done

11/26/2012 1:30:42 PM

Yea, it's a website for explaining rap lyrics, but people have been extrapolating that to an "attribution engine" or whatever.

Your mockups just reminded me of it is all. No worries and good luck.

11/26/2012 3:01:02 PM

thanks!

11/26/2012 4:51:32 PM

your website idea would be really useful for internal review of contract language. if you stored the data in key/value pairs (index - word), you could do some neat map reduce and edge-vertex graphing stuff

11/26/2012 5:37:08 PM

I have no idea what you just said but I'll take your word for it!

I think it could be helpful in all sorts of ways not tied to legislation (even analyzing the coding itself to get meta) but that's the specific purpose that I'm advancing it for because I've designed very specific citation and legal education features to go along with it. But that's not really a technical specification so it wouldn't prevent the same code from being reused.

Somebody send some programmers my way or send this out to them!

11/26/2012 6:15:43 PM