jobs in Linux / IT

[William Park]

On Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 05:42:10AM -0500, James Knott wrote:
> Robert Brockway wrote:
> > On Wed, 21 Dec 2005, paul sutton wrote:
> > 
> >> Thanks,  I have one in pdf on my personal website, will update and
> >> post there,  and put a link, and perhaps summerise on the list, 
> >> otherwise it could end up as a big post.
> > 
> > Hi Paul.  See you are showing clue already - a big plus :)
> > 
> > I do have a serious reason for posting.  Don't get disillusioned if you
> > don't find IT work here as easily as you thought you might (or as easily
> > as you did at home).  Many Canadian companies seek "Canadian experience".
> 
> Whenever I hear about that, I have to wonder how Canadian computers
> differ from those in other countries.. What's really disgusting is that
> at a time when we're short of doctors in this province, immigrant
> doctors are driving cabs or flipping burgers!  Why isn't there some sort
> of supervised work program, to enable them to get started?

If all those people really work as accountants, doctors, and other
"professional" fields, what happens to those who are already working?
It's the same in IT as well.  Job security.

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