Etherpunk

I found an article (located here) about an IT shortage.

The reason it two fold (and this is in a serious nutshell -- RTFA):
* You don't give people a chance. HR sucks at choosing people and look for buzzwords. Seriously, do you *really* want someone who knows how to manipulate the system rather than do their job?
* You treat them like shit.

My father used to work at a company who used to rock. Then things went to shit over time. He left. Out of 8 people, only 3 remain to this day. Within a span of a year or so, a serious chunk of the department (25+ years of experience) left. This is a place where it takes *years* before you can actually rely on someone to be self sufficient. So they lost A LOT of really good experience and people. They were treated like shit. To this day all of us still, when we find ourselves together, will gossip about it and think "It's soooo nice to be out of *that* place." STILL. 2+ years LATER! It's very interesting the habits we've had to get over. The sweet is never as sweet without the sour... and wow.. was that place sour.

The current place I'm working at, which I'm on a contract-to-hire, is probably the best place to work (attitude/atmosphere wise). People/Management actually listen (funny how that works, huh?). While it's still uncertain if I'll get hired, I'll rank it as the best place I've worked thus far. If it doesn't work out.. I'll probably move in to X-Ray tech.. they make good money and have fairly reliable jobs and I'm told you can get certified/whatever fairly quick. The problem? I'm told it's boring as shit. I honestly don't know if I can handle that. I'm a problem solver.. I don't sit still.