Recently laid off? Learn a new skill, upgrade your profile.
UPDATE: This is now a more formal offering. You no longer need to send email. For more information read this post.
I’m sure I don’t have to tell you that the economy is not in a good place right now. Since October 2008, more than 300.000 people have lost their jobs in the tech industry.
I’m not saying that being laid off is fun but you could see it as an opportunity. An opportunity to learn a new skill and while doing that, upgrade your profile. There’s still a pretty strong demand for Flash/Flex/AS3.0 skills. So, if you haven’t looked in to those technologies, why not do it now?
If you’re interested in learning Flex, send me an email ([email protected]) and I may be able to hook you up with some stuff ;-)
Weekly blend – the HD-YouTube-social-network-changes-facebook edition
- YouTube now does HD
- Social network profile costs college degree
Should we start being careful with what we post on blogs and social networks? - Changes at Adobe
Mike Chambers has an excellent post on the subject - 93.144 people have been laid off in tech since August
That certainly puts things in perspective - Facebook connect officially open
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