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The secret of how to be miserable is to constantly expect things are going to happen the way that they are "supposed" to happen.
You can have faith, which carries the understanding that you may be disappointed. Then there's being a willfully-blind idiot, which virtually guarantees it.
Originally posted by Tim Holloway:
I think that the main thing is that everyone here just lacks confidence. Although we have our share of people who say things are just great and getting better by the day, the actions tend to indicate a lot of people afraid to lay out too much money for fear that they may not have a job in 6 months. Or, if they do, it will pay considerably less.
Conventional wisdom is that the President of the United States can't be held responsible for job creation, only business can. Which, technically is true. However, a lot of the power of that office is that, as the single most powerful person in the nation, he can speak, and by speaking, act as a "cheerleader" to inspire (or not) the people of the nation, and, even the world.
Of course, to speak effectively, you have to have A) some sort of message to deliver, and B) credibility.
Dubya has never really spoken out directly on the jobs situation. He's mostly been either on "cutting taxes will build jobs" or just sort of a general attitude that "things aren't all that good, but really they're OK and getting better". Whether he has credibility depends on who you ask.
Kerry, OTOH, has made jobs a major campaign issue, but I don't think he presently has any real credibility. A lot of the people who intend to vote for him are really just planning to vote against Bush.
So I don't know that I'd expect breakthroughs once the elections are over. We'll see.
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Originally posted by Jesse Torres:
Are you saying that jobs will be created or jobs will not be created, regardless of who wins election?
The secret of how to be miserable is to constantly expect things are going to happen the way that they are "supposed" to happen.
You can have faith, which carries the understanding that you may be disappointed. Then there's being a willfully-blind idiot, which virtually guarantees it.
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Originally posted by Homer Phillips:
Is it three or four months in a row that the leading economic indicators have dropped? Elliot Spitzer seems to have no trouble making accusations. October jobs report will be out Friday. At least, in a historical perspective, we got through October without a crash.
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Originally posted by Homer Phillips:
IIRC, October has been a bad month for the market more times than just in 29.
Will October jobs number out tomorrow break 150K new jobs?
BTW, on PBS NewsHour tonight a man said unemployed Ohians voted 2-1 for Kerry. OTH, I think most Americans don't think there's an employment problem in the US.
The big surge at the polls appears to be the social security crowd. They don't need a job.
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I've seen hiring really pick up lately--it's the strongest I've seen in years
Originally posted by Jay Shin:
I've noticed that too.
I don't know about other areas because I've been only looking at NY/NJ area, and lots of IT hiring going on - especially Wall St. financial firms.
Also, job offers are pretty good -- six-figure salary offers are not uncommon even at lower level (e.g., mid-level developer with only about 3-6 years of experience)
The secret of how to be miserable is to constantly expect things are going to happen the way that they are "supposed" to happen.
You can have faith, which carries the understanding that you may be disappointed. Then there's being a willfully-blind idiot, which virtually guarantees it.
Originally posted by Tim Holloway:
Lots of stuff just came out locally on Monster.
Post-election bounce???
Originally posted by Jesse Torres:
J2EE Jobs?
Post-election bounce???
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The secret of how to be miserable is to constantly expect things are going to happen the way that they are "supposed" to happen.
You can have faith, which carries the understanding that you may be disappointed. Then there's being a willfully-blind idiot, which virtually guarantees it.
Originally posted by Joe King:
I wonder what effect the continuing devaluation of the US dollar will have on the US IT industry? On the one hand it will make outsourcing less profitable, so could boost the industry, but on the other hand the industry could be harmed if electronic imports become more expensive. The is also the ever inescapable factor of oil prices. Oil is the heart beat of the economy, and if the US dollar goes down, oil prices (for US buyers) will go up. Increasing oil prices could put negative pressure on an already flaky economy.
Originally posted by Joe King:
I wonder what effect the continuing devaluation of the US dollar will have on the US IT industry? On the one hand it will make outsourcing less profitable, so could boost the industry, but on the other hand the industry could be harmed if electronic imports become more expensive. The is also the ever inescapable factor of oil prices. Oil is the heart beat of the economy, and if the US dollar goes down, oil prices (for US buyers) will go up. Increasing oil prices could put negative pressure on an already flaky economy.
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