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I dont commute on public tpt so 2nd hand info, aparrently there is a slim chance the vline will run on a seperate line, no longer being slowed by metro trains
IMHO, dreaming!
But aparrently in the pipework.
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Wow, just, wow :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by dickyjoe
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Works out at being about a 14 hour day for 8 hours at work. :spudniksnore::spudniksnore:Quote:
Originally Posted by SSmith
I'm on a train right now. It's 32 minutes from Parkdale to Flinders. Live close to a station and it's quite manageable. You find things to do on the train....like forums! :D
What area of IT?
Hi Judo
I work in Systems Administration, mainly with Windows, VMware, storage,, but also done lots of other things as required. Many hats
I would have thought you'd find a job easy enough if you're willing to work in the city. I can also understand how you can't find a job outside of Melbourne or a major city (Bendigo, Ballarat, Geelong) in that area of IT. Speaking of major cities, have you thought about something like Bendigo? Housing is WAY more affordable than Melbourne for a decent size place, living costs nothing like Melbourne and you could still be close to work and choose whether you live the city or more country life. You could be just out of town and be only 10-15 minute drive to work. You could reach out to some major IT employers there and only move if you find a role.
Otherwise, move to the Melbourne burbs, hit up a bunch of recruitment agencies and it should only be a matter of time.
Bendigo. Lovely place. North of the divide. You don't get Melbourne weather there.
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What a nice place. Look at that sky.
Shepp. is only a little over an hour from you. Any IT jobs there?
5 acres eh.... A little more than my suburban house in Melbourne! :eek:
I have no idea about Shepp. I suppose so, although it's about 1/3 the size of Bendigo. So probably at least 1/3 less IT jobs? I suspect there's a critical mass point too, which I think Bendigo have passed for something like IT jobs with places like Bendigo Bank, Bendigo telco and enough larger sized businesses to warrant some decent IT services.
I honestly have no idea. All I know is when things get bad, the first people to go is IT .... no-one needs IT right :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by dickyjoe
I'm not sure what your area of expertise is, but I think were still hiring programmers at the moment. Don't expect high salaries from this company though (the fact most of the hirings has been indians tells me there paying minimum wage).
I work in pathology IT as a programmer. Pathology **is** IT, without IT they'd shut down overnight. The lab software a lot of the labs in Australia was originally written in Ballarat decades ago... and it ever so slowly being replaced now (that's where the jobs have come from, the company I work for is slowly re-writing a modern pathology system). I work as a developer on the previous system, ie: C, python, perl, awk, ksh, etc....
Housing? We live 12minutes drive from the middle of ballarat (and train station)... about 10minutes from the ballarat technology center. Our very, very modest (ok,ok ... pretty ****ty) 3 bedroom brick veneer house on 4acres with undercover storage for about 15cars was $360K. there's a good 12 x 7 shed, 9 x 7 carport and a ****ty 6x6 garage (that I've lifted to fit caravan/etc) and a 10 x 6 garage I have 6 cars packed into.
seeya
Shane L.
As mentioned earlier the Indians have the game pretty much sown up in a lot of cases.
The IT boom finished a while back I know of a few that were in it and find it hard finding full time work.So are now doing other work. IT was promoted years ago as THE occupation, everyone got into it and flooded the market with workers. Wages were high.
The boom has busted now. Hence you don't even see adverts on TV anymore from places teaching IT.
Regional big cities might be the go. But there are a lot of unemployed people in those areas as well.
Good luck with it, preservere something might come up.
Cheers,
Mario