SubscribeWe interrupt our regular coverage for a point of personal privilege…
Last week, I received a few concerned e-mails from readers noticing our interrupted coverage Tuesday the 1st and Wednesday the 2nd and wondering what was up. My partner and webmaster, John Passaniti, suddenly received word that Tuesday was his final day at his job-that-pays-real-money. Needless to say this came as a surprise, and not a welcome one during the upcoming holiday season, especially in today’s economy.
For our Rochester-area readers employed in the tech sector, you can do me a great favor and consider passing along John’s resume and/or communicating with him directly about potential leads. Getting him re-employed helps keep me focused and in a writing mood, which is good news for readers and bad news for Internet Overchargers. It’s a way readers in my hometown can help return the favor of the work being done to keep overcharging schemes at bay.
John writes:
I am a software engineer with 22 years of experience in embedded systems. Most of that work has been in industries related to audio and telecommunications (electronic musical instruments; professional, commercial, and home theater audio; enterprise and embedded Ethernet switching products), but I also have experience in web technologies and software project management. I am most interested in embedded systems work in or near the industries I’ve previously been in, but I am open to evaluating any job opportunity where I can apply my wide range of skills. My resume is available online. I would appreciate readers who know of job opportunities for experienced software engineers to review my resume and contact me directly.
Thanks to everyone for letting me break into our regular coverage for a moment to discuss a more personal matter.
With that kind of experience he should be able to find another job no problem. However, it probably isn’t his skill sets that will be the issue, but if the local economy your in has a big need for software engineers. Out of curiosity, can he do his type of work from home (via the internet) or does it have to be a in-person type of situation at the company?
I can certainly do a lot of work from home. The only distractions here being the cat’s high-intensity cuteness beam and Phil randomly yelling, “you’re not going to believe this one!” when he’s found another ridiculous industry abuse or idiotic astroturfing group. But the kind of work I do (embedded systems) isn’t often done alone– I’m usually working with hardware engineers and other software engineers, each on different parts of the system. That, and development often requires specialized (and terribly expensive) test equipment and access to test labs. So practically, except for small projects, most of my work is on-site.… Read more »