[rescue] Western area (Montana/Colorado) job questions...

Mon Nov 11 17:10:09 CST 2002

On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 03:36:43PM -0600, Mike Hebel wrote:
> Is there anybody on the list from the Montana/Colorado area?

I used to live in Denver and still have friends in high tech there.

The place is hurting, bad.  Denver is a branch-office town, not an
HQ-town.  Maxtor and other storage folks are cutting back; HP is
cutting back; Qwest/USWorst is cutting back.

It is so bad that one friend is doing certain things for free that
look good on his resume.  Stuff like oversee a videomercial for a
company he has consulted for in the past.

> I've got an inlaw that could possibly find us an inexpensive plot of 
> land in Montana or Colorado and I'm wondering how the job market is out 
> there.  The inlaw currently lives in Missoula but I hear that the job 
> market is real thin in that area.  (Same is probably true of broadband 
> in rural areas as well.)

Best thing to do though is get out there for a few days, or use the
yellow pages online and call some companies that look interesting to
gauge what is happening.

> What I'm looking for is info outside of the family and from straight-up 
> people - I consider list members such in general. ;-)

<BLUSHING>

Good luck, in any case.

Cordially
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