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actually, if you can manage to get your foot in the door at an upscale Atlanta hotel or restaurant, you should be able to average $20+ per hour as a waitress easy.
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thanks Mel...i figured as much...
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Yes! Cocktail waitress in an upscale restaurant! Wow, some more, much more earnings than dancing.
Topaz, did you get my pm?
Pamela
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yes i did Pam...thanks...
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Just a thought, but most state governments still rely heavily on COBOL and DB2; I used to consult for the State of NH in this regard privately.
Lots of folks still doing DB2; Oracle hasn't taken everything over...yet. ;)
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government jobs pay you less money...for more work and expect you to have more credentials to get hired...been there done that...
to be honest...the only reason i'm looking for a programming job...is that it's all i know to do...but i'd rather leave the I.T. biz altogether...based on the fact that i have maditory on-call assignments a few times out of the year...i compare that to the ankle braclets that prisoners wear when they are on work release...moving up in this industery means having to carry a pager (and be on-call) 24/7...i hate being on call...life stops when your on call...
then there's the severely unpleasant experiences that i've had in the last couple of years with my current employer...and even though i recieved a good review this year...i still have the "if you don't meet our expectations...if we have to call you in the office again...your fired" black cloud hanging over my head...
this is the main reason why i find myself having to find another job...with another company...perferably in a different field/industry....yeah...i need more income...and hate on-call...but this is the main reason...
thanks for your suggestion though...
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Topaz honey, sorry to hear about your troubles. You seem like a really good person--you don't deserve all this shit!
Now, if anyone knows anything a broke English Major can do in a remote industrial town, please, by all means, tell me!!! lol
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i don't have experience with any of the industries you mentioned but I don't think the income potential for an applebee's server is very good. ok actually, i cocktailed twice I'd say you've got better $ potential that route. Basically anything involving liquor is more $ than food. People want their alcohol dammit! haha I'd go for busy/high volume over upscale. Unless it's high volume upscale. Hey, cocktailing or bartending on a cruise ship sounds like fun!
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here's another thought, if programming is all you know, why don't you learn some of these more desirable skills? Does your employer offer any sort of tuition reimbursement? Do they at least do any inhouse training? You should tell them you want to learn *insert computer language here* and ask them to pay for it. Is that an option?
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Honestly, if you're a skilled COBOL programmer, making the transition into C, then C++ then Java should be fairly trivial. Most of our old-timers that were COBOL-only coders are all doing 100% C now and did the transition inside a year. COBOL requires 10x the eloquence and patience as C++/Java, believe me lol.
Moreover, COBOL programmers are still in low to medium demand out here on the west coast. Several software shops still support the mainframe AS/400 client base and are always looking for COBOL lead programmers, analysts and project leaders. Hit dice.com, do the search, select California, Full Time, Cobol in the search field and hit go. There are ALWAYS 40-60 attractive pay-scale COBOL positions open and if you're resourceful, you might even get a temporary contract remotely given how rare they have become.
Seriously though, start dabbling in C.. C will open the door to C++, C++ walks your straight in the middle of Java.. then you're home free. Someone with your savvy should be able to do that walk inside of 6-8 months and find bottom ladder intro jobs from that point forward.