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| Stray Electron:
And yet there are those that claim that there aren't any Tech jobs available. This pandemic is already creating numerous opportunities for anyone with any skills. |
| SiliconWizard:
--- Quote from: Zero999 on March 25, 2020, 02:34:41 pm ---Looking online is the obvious solution, but it wouldn't surprise me if they're difficult to get now. --- End quote --- You can find some on Amazon but stocks are very low. Whether we can consider webcams essential is debatable. Whereas anything helping people work and keep in touch in times of confinement should be considered essential IMO, you can do that with voice only. And for deaf people, via online chats/instant messaging... |
| james_s:
--- Quote from: Stray Electron on March 25, 2020, 02:42:05 pm --- And yet there are those that claim that there aren't any Tech jobs available. This pandemic is already creating numerous opportunities for anyone with any skills. --- End quote --- They are out there, but they are hard to find. It's the uncertainty that is paralyzing everything, we are busy but my company has implemented a hiring freeze, the last thing we want to do is onboard a bunch of people and then lay them off in a few months when everything comes crashing down. At this point I'm not sure why companies all over aren't rushing to mass produce medical equipment and supplies, quite a few companies could be repurposed for the duration, we will need people to man every stage of the supply chain. |
| langwadt:
--- Quote from: james_s on March 26, 2020, 12:56:53 am --- --- Quote from: Stray Electron on March 25, 2020, 02:42:05 pm --- And yet there are those that claim that there aren't any Tech jobs available. This pandemic is already creating numerous opportunities for anyone with any skills. --- End quote --- They are out there, but they are hard to find. It's the uncertainty that is paralyzing everything, we are busy but my company has implemented a hiring freeze, the last thing we want to do is onboard a bunch of people and then lay them off in a few months when everything comes crashing down. At this point I'm not sure why companies all over aren't rushing to mass produce medical equipment and supplies, quite a few companies could be repurposed for the duration, we will need people to man every stage of the supply chain. --- End quote --- you don't just make medical things, there is tons of red tape involved, for good reasons |
| Stray Electron:
--- Quote from: langwadt on March 26, 2020, 01:35:18 am ---[ you don't just make medical things, there is tons of red tape involved, for good reasons --- End quote --- Really? My step father was an orthapedic surgeon and he had many instruments the he designed and that were custom built for him. A good number of them are now standard instruments in that field including the bone drill that is used to drill holes in bones so that pins can be installed. A friend of mine is a dammed good mechanical engineer and owns his own small machine shop and he's built dozens of specialty devices for various doctors and hospitals. |
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