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[mahesh2k]

I learned this from few years of my experience that market and hiring is unstable and is like gamble. Some owners know whom to hire and fire. Besides that when they want to ditch you for any random reasons then they just talk about financial crisis and other things. But they never get to point that why they want to fire you. I mean not everyone is like Mr trumps to tell you truth about your work always.

I can understand how it feels to leave job after 40 plus. Glad there is internet and service industry that allows us to work without those companies and salaried jobs. Look around if you can get the job or else just get into freelance with your own skills. Many people here including owner of xisto started as freelance/2-3 employee company during earlier days. So it's not always bad, just keep eye on profitable projects.

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Man if there was a way to collaborate with people all across the globe to work as a team to get work and make money, that would be the bomb.

Odesk has this functionality for most of the projects. So register there and see if you can work with it. Other than odesk, guru and vworkers etc sites are also there for such projects.

[zanzibarjones]

Wow, thanks for all the replies guys. I will look into those options as well. It's always good to have more avenues than actual opportunities, because those avenues CAN provide opportunities.

I am sure something will pan out eventually, but as you know it can take a while. I guess the thing that worries me the most is running out of money before I find a job. Freelance is a great idea, but it's hard to be a freelance tech. I have other skills, but those other skills are no where near anything compare to others doing the same job. So... hopefully, I will think of something that will make me well off I am sure with the ideas I have and the internet and the help of knowledgesutra, I'll come up with something.

[anwiii]

like i said before. maybe this is your opportunity to do what you want to do rather than what you think you are forced to do. keep an open mind right now. just know that when we search for what we want and even GET what we want, there will always be a sacrifice. but the easy road without sacrifice is usually the wrong road or path.....

Edited by anwiii, 24 August 2010 - 01:00 PM.

[deadmad7]

anwiii, on 24 August 2010 - 12:58 PM, said:

like i said before. maybe this is your opportunity to do what you want to do rather than what you think you are forced to do. keep an open mind right now. just know that when we search for what we want and even GET what we want, there will always be a sacrifice. but the easy road without sacrifice is usually the wrong road or path.....

I think what Anwiii is saying is right... maybe you can FINALLY do the thing that you have wanted to do all your life. I think all you need is a opportunity right now... but that still doesn't mean you can stop looking for something.

You might try to get that job (the 1/2 salary job) and do something temporary like working part time from home, free lancing or anything else that you as a techie can do. And then when you finally land your "big" job, you can leave both and join that. Or keep your part time for some extra cash.