Complete, utter frustration, I hear you. I eventually walked out of the IT industry where I was making god money as an independant consultant. Clients expected everything and wanted to pay nothing and vendors couldn't care less.

You have more stamina then I do. I left.

John Charles Davis XI, MSCS, MBA, MCSE, MCDBA, MCSD
Senior Software Engineer
8211 University Exec. Park Dr.
Charlotte, North Carolina 28262
704-510-1637
john_davis_2367@yahoo.com

To Whom It May Concern:

Often companies purchase a unique combination of hardware and software platforms without checking the demand for available talent. They often build information system solutions based upon the skills, experience, and abilities of existing information technology staff that is underpaid, overworked, and not appreciated until they have left the firm to go someplace else. This is a stupid management practice and if it seems backwards, you are right. The only thing you need to do is search the Internet for .NET, SQL Server, Java, J2EE, DB2, Sybase, AS/400, Access, SAS, SAP, and Oracle help wanted ads to see the tremendous number of jobs available for these platforms. The number of possible platform combinations is infinite.

Thousands of firms across the United States have invested in their own unique combination of hardware and software platforms only to discover that the solution to their software development and systems maintenance quandary is like trying to win the lottery.

At last count, there are now over twenty thousand jobs for SQL Server Developers alone that cannot be filled in the last three years. The demand for .NET skills and experience is much higher, yet only a few employers in the United States have begun to adjust their rates of pay to the level of demand. Many, not wanting to increase staffing levels, resort to hiring temporary help where some contract technical middleperson takes a huge cut out of what the contractor earns.

We just wanted to let you know that people in HELL ALSO WANT ICE WATER!!!!!!

Sincerely,

John Charles Davis XI

P.S. If you are a contract technical recruiter or a similar breed of blood sucking parasite, you will probably find yourself working the phones, the Internet, and Email to earn a dollar. Why don’t you get off of your lazy ass and get a real job instead of trying to live off of the hard work and skills of others?

Every Tom, Dick, and Harry on the planet is trying to make a fast buck using this method, yet the only real difference is the amount of sales puff you can blow up the client's behind.
The only career choice that is lower than a contract technical recruiter is that of a used car salesman at a buy-here-pay-here car store or being a fourth generation professional welfare recipient. People that do real work for a living are tired of being your meal ticket! You do absolutely nothing to earn your keep but collect the money earned by others and match acronyms on resumes with job requirements. You should be ashamed of yourself!

John,
When you bought your house, did you go directly to the builder? Wouldn't a Real Estate agent be the same as a recruiter? They didn't build the house, but they help in the process. When you shop for groceries, do you go right to the farmer for your produce?
U.S. employers have created a demand for recruiters. That's why there it is a 80 billion dollar industry. You may think recruiters are dirt, but the fact remains we help candidates land jobs they can't always do on their own. They in turn get to put food on the table and support their family. It's a win/win for those that utilize our services.

What a joke...we get to put food on the table because of YOU!!!! Ha ha ha. I've got several senior Cisco certs, a degree in Computer Science and am quite sure this is the other way around! You get to put food on your table even though you have no real skills because of me. You would be wise to remember that.