[HarryBosch]

I used to live in OC all my family on my wife’s side and on my side still live in OC. They would not consider moving to Riverside because they would not want to pay the price of time – not gas.

When I lived in OC I didn’t consider moving to Riverside even though I knew I could buy a bigger house. My time with my family was more important than that they live in a bigger house with a bigger backyard.

I think most people decide where to live based on how near they are to their employment – because it saves them time.

I moved my family to Riverside county because my employment location changed. I think most people have their own personal threshold for how much drive time they will spend for work. Mine was 3 hours a day on the freeway each day for nine months.

Of course it was easy for my stay-at-home wife to say that I should not base where I live on where I work. Leaving for work at 6am and sometimes not getting home until after 7pm each day gets old after a while. What’s the point of being married and having a family if you only see your kids for a couple hours at night?

Which would you rather have: free gas or free time?

[HarryBosch]

2% for me this year. I’ve been told that some in our group received no raises. However, I’m on a 60/40 split for my On-Target Earnings which means that my salary is 60% of my yearly OTE. The other 40% is commissions. So far I am on track to make my goals. Interesting, about 3 weeks ago I complained to my manager that my commissions for the first six months of this year were 30% for the same period last year. All of a sudden I am getting a whopping commission this month that brings me up to date and takes me over quite a bit above for the same period last year. Even though I know that I’ve been busting my butt and that I earned it I thought it interesting that it did conincide with my being a squeaky wheel gets the grease.

[HarryBosch]

2% for me this year. I’ve been told that some in our group received no raises. However, I’m on a 60/40 split for my On-Target Earnings which means that my salary is 60% of my yearly OTE. The other 40% is commissions. So far I am on track to make my goals. Interesting, about 3 weeks ago I complained to my manager that my commissions for the first six months of this year were 30% for the same period last year. All of a sudden I am getting a whopping commission this month that brings me up to date and takes me over quite a bit above for the same period last year. Even though I know that I’ve been busting my butt and that I earned it I thought it interesting that it did conincide with my being a squeaky wheel gets the grease.

[HarryBosch]

2% for me this year. I’ve been told that some in our group received no raises. However, I’m on a 60/40 split for my On-Target Earnings which means that my salary is 60% of my yearly OTE. The other 40% is commissions. So far I am on track to make my goals. Interesting, about 3 weeks ago I complained to my manager that my commissions for the first six months of this year were 30% for the same period last year. All of a sudden I am getting a whopping commission this month that brings me up to date and takes me over quite a bit above for the same period last year. Even though I know that I’ve been busting my butt and that I earned it I thought it interesting that it did conincide with my being a squeaky wheel gets the grease.

[HarryBosch]

2% for me this year. I’ve been told that some in our group received no raises. However, I’m on a 60/40 split for my On-Target Earnings which means that my salary is 60% of my yearly OTE. The other 40% is commissions. So far I am on track to make my goals. Interesting, about 3 weeks ago I complained to my manager that my commissions for the first six months of this year were 30% for the same period last year. All of a sudden I am getting a whopping commission this month that brings me up to date and takes me over quite a bit above for the same period last year. Even though I know that I’ve been busting my butt and that I earned it I thought it interesting that it did conincide with my being a squeaky wheel gets the grease.

[HarryBosch]

2% for me this year. I’ve been told that some in our group received no raises. However, I’m on a 60/40 split for my On-Target Earnings which means that my salary is 60% of my yearly OTE. The other 40% is commissions. So far I am on track to make my goals. Interesting, about 3 weeks ago I complained to my manager that my commissions for the first six months of this year were 30% for the same period last year. All of a sudden I am getting a whopping commission this month that brings me up to date and takes me over quite a bit above for the same period last year. Even though I know that I’ve been busting my butt and that I earned it I thought it interesting that it did conincide with my being a squeaky wheel gets the grease.

[HarryBosch]

dd123 the reason why IT jobs favor the young people is because of a couple reasons:
1. Younger people can be paid less than the older more experienced work force.
2. Younger people fresh out of college have just spent the last couple years learning new technologies.
3. They bring that creative “I can do anything, conquer the world” attitude into the workplace.

[HarryBosch]

dd123 the reason why IT jobs favor the young people is because of a couple reasons:
1. Younger people can be paid less than the older more experienced work force.
2. Younger people fresh out of college have just spent the last couple years learning new technologies.
3. They bring that creative “I can do anything, conquer the world” attitude into the workplace.

[HarryBosch]

dd123 the reason why IT jobs favor the young people is because of a couple reasons:
1. Younger people can be paid less than the older more experienced work force.
2. Younger people fresh out of college have just spent the last couple years learning new technologies.
3. They bring that creative “I can do anything, conquer the world” attitude into the workplace.

[HarryBosch]

dd123 the reason why IT jobs favor the young people is because of a couple reasons:
1. Younger people can be paid less than the older more experienced work force.
2. Younger people fresh out of college have just spent the last couple years learning new technologies.
3. They bring that creative “I can do anything, conquer the world” attitude into the workplace.

[HarryBosch]

dd123 the reason why IT jobs favor the young people is because of a couple reasons:
1. Younger people can be paid less than the older more experienced work force.
2. Younger people fresh out of college have just spent the last couple years learning new technologies.
3. They bring that creative “I can do anything, conquer the world” attitude into the workplace.

[HarryBosch]

I’ve been in the technology industry for 20+ years. I’ve worked for the major companies that SELL into IT.

I agree that when you are in IT that when the s**t hits the fan then you are expected to work through the night and on weekends when your area is down: the network, the servers, the storage, the applications, the database engines, whatever. When one of those goes down they tend to bring everything else down with it. The hard part is bringing everything back up in the right sequence to a known point in time. Downtime is lost revenue.

What has worked for me is being the technical half of a sales team. As a technical pre-sale person you get to continue to challenge yourself and learn new technologies before they hit the commercial market. And, you also get to share in the commissions without taking the huge risk that the pure sales reps take – though they do get the bigger rewards.

My advice to someone starting new in the technology field is plain and simple: never stop learning.

Many of my colleaques are looking for jobs today because their skills and knowledge are not as fresh as they once were 10 years ago, even 5 years ago. Continue to learn new technologies.

Do whatever it takes to get the job done. Be driven. Be obsessed with your work.

[HarryBosch]

I’ve been in the technology industry for 20+ years. I’ve worked for the major companies that SELL into IT.

I agree that when you are in IT that when the s**t hits the fan then you are expected to work through the night and on weekends when your area is down: the network, the servers, the storage, the applications, the database engines, whatever. When one of those goes down they tend to bring everything else down with it. The hard part is bringing everything back up in the right sequence to a known point in time. Downtime is lost revenue.

What has worked for me is being the technical half of a sales team. As a technical pre-sale person you get to continue to challenge yourself and learn new technologies before they hit the commercial market. And, you also get to share in the commissions without taking the huge risk that the pure sales reps take – though they do get the bigger rewards.

My advice to someone starting new in the technology field is plain and simple: never stop learning.

Many of my colleaques are looking for jobs today because their skills and knowledge are not as fresh as they once were 10 years ago, even 5 years ago. Continue to learn new technologies.

Do whatever it takes to get the job done. Be driven. Be obsessed with your work.

[HarryBosch]

I’ve been in the technology industry for 20+ years. I’ve worked for the major companies that SELL into IT.

I agree that when you are in IT that when the s**t hits the fan then you are expected to work through the night and on weekends when your area is down: the network, the servers, the storage, the applications, the database engines, whatever. When one of those goes down they tend to bring everything else down with it. The hard part is bringing everything back up in the right sequence to a known point in time. Downtime is lost revenue.

What has worked for me is being the technical half of a sales team. As a technical pre-sale person you get to continue to challenge yourself and learn new technologies before they hit the commercial market. And, you also get to share in the commissions without taking the huge risk that the pure sales reps take – though they do get the bigger rewards.

My advice to someone starting new in the technology field is plain and simple: never stop learning.

Many of my colleaques are looking for jobs today because their skills and knowledge are not as fresh as they once were 10 years ago, even 5 years ago. Continue to learn new technologies.

Do whatever it takes to get the job done. Be driven. Be obsessed with your work.

[HarryBosch]

I’ve been in the technology industry for 20+ years. I’ve worked for the major companies that SELL into IT.

I agree that when you are in IT that when the s**t hits the fan then you are expected to work through the night and on weekends when your area is down: the network, the servers, the storage, the applications, the database engines, whatever. When one of those goes down they tend to bring everything else down with it. The hard part is bringing everything back up in the right sequence to a known point in time. Downtime is lost revenue.

What has worked for me is being the technical half of a sales team. As a technical pre-sale person you get to continue to challenge yourself and learn new technologies before they hit the commercial market. And, you also get to share in the commissions without taking the huge risk that the pure sales reps take – though they do get the bigger rewards.

My advice to someone starting new in the technology field is plain and simple: never stop learning.

Many of my colleaques are looking for jobs today because their skills and knowledge are not as fresh as they once were 10 years ago, even 5 years ago. Continue to learn new technologies.

Do whatever it takes to get the job done. Be driven. Be obsessed with your work.

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