Is PH dead?
Sam DeLeese
sdeleese@yahoo.com
Mon, 3 Jun 2002 09:39:53 -0700 (PDT)
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Is PowerHouse Dead? Empirical evidence here in Southern California would suggest that if it is not already dead, it is certainly on life support. I was laid off last November, and I think I can count on one hand, (okay, maybe both) the number of PH jobs that have been advertised. Most of these jobs also required knowledge of Oracle or Manman, neither of which I have. But the point is, there are vitually no jobs in SoCal for PH programmers. I was working in an Alpha shop, and for the last year and a half, I was working almost exclusively with PHWeb. The new management at this company, which laid me off, has also decided that they do not want to develop anymore web apps with PHWeb. They think it is too proprietary, they want something more open. They think it will easier for them to hire web programmers if what they are developing in is more main stream. Anyway, I am beginning my 8th month of this lay off, and I have had one phone interview for a potential PHWeb posit!
ion (the company was thinking about purchasing PHWeb, they didn't) and 1 face-to-face interview for a PH programming job, but my lack of knowledge of Manman ultimately sunk me. I am going to be beginning classes soon to get a certificate in Oracle DBA and programming. I learned Powerhouse back when Cognos was still known as Quasar. I love PH and PHWeb, but for every 1 PH ad, there are at least 15 Oracle ads. What are you going to do? I have over 15 years of experience with PH on both OpenVMS and MPE platforms, and I feel as if I am an endangered species, almost extinct.
If anyone in SoCal reads this, I would love to hear your take on the current job market for PH programmers.
Regards,
Sam DeLeese
sdeleese@deleeseconsulting.com
visit us at WWW.DELEESECONSULTING.COM
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<P>Is PowerHouse Dead? Empirical evidence here in Southern California would suggest that if it is not already dead, it is certainly on life support. I was laid off last November, and I think I can count on one hand, (okay, maybe both) the number of PH jobs that have been advertised. Most of these jobs also <EM>required </EM>knowledge of Oracle or Manman, neither of which I have. But the point is, there are vitually no jobs in SoCal for PH programmers. I was working in an Alpha shop, and for the last year and a half, I was working almost exclusively with PHWeb. The new management at this company, which laid me off, has also decided that they do not want to develop anymore web apps with PHWeb. They think it is too proprietary, they want something more open. They think it will easier for them to hire web programmers if what they are developing in is more main stream. Anyway, I am beginning my 8th month of this lay off, and I!
have had one phone interview for a potential PHWeb position (the company was thinking about purchasing PHWeb, they didn't) and 1 face-to-face interview for a PH programming job, but my lack of knowledge of Manman ultimately sunk me. I am going to be beginning classes soon to get a certificate in Oracle DBA and programming. I learned Powerhouse back when Cognos was still known as Quasar. I love PH and PHWeb, but for every 1 PH ad, there are at least 15 Oracle ads. What are you going to do? I have over 15 years of experience with PH on both OpenVMS and MPE platforms, and I feel as if I am an endangered species, almost extinct.
<P>If anyone in SoCal reads this, I would love to hear your take on the current job market for PH programmers.</P><BR><BR><BR><BR>Regards,<br>Sam DeLeese<br>sdeleese@deleeseconsulting.com<br>visit us at WWW.DELEESECONSULTING.COM<p><br><hr size=1><b>Do You Yahoo!?</b><br>
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