Pauloz
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Location: Sydney
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 Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2009 7:13 am Post subject: |
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lattuce
It's probably a waste of time, unless he's got good professional contacts, to beat on the doors of the colleges. Academic jobs and tenure can border on the absurd.
He may be better off out of that position, because there's also an ongoing study requirement, and a need for currency with systems which is like a second, unpaid, job, in some cases. Programming is really for pro number crunchers. It's really not everybody's idea of a great job, and the really successful guys are definitely in the minority. At the academic level, unless you're doing research, like MIT, it's a way to waste of a life. He could perhaps work in the more esoteric areas, but from the sound of it, this is pretty territorial.
Suggestions:
The word is "consultant". This is specialist stuff, in many cases, but it can also turn into a very good job/ series of jobs, working across industries, and the money can be excellent. To do this he'll need to find a niche, somewhere he can work productively, keep himself current in his field, and get the best of both worlds.
If he feels like downscaling a bit, there are some 9 to 5 jobs that might work, like:
Trainer
In house systems IT
System design
These are reasonably good jobs, and he'd still have the teaching and training element in them.
Just for the record: This is all about skills, not necessarily qualifications. He'd be overqualified, but good IT trainers are worth their weight in downloads. The money isn't bad, and there would be plenty of local IT companies that could use a hand with their training, systems, etc. |
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