Re: Need for PostgreSQL demand?

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On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:36:07 -0600
Decibel! <decibel(at)decibel(dot)org> wrote:

> On Oct 31, 2007, at 10:29 AM, Greg Smith wrote:
> > Having been through a job search in this area myself recently, I
> > can say it takes a certain amount of faith (or, in my case,
> > technical fascism) to consider a career working with Postgres
> > given how the relatively low number of open positions out there.
>
> Wow, really? I typically average one call a month from someone
> trying to hire me... Postgres experience seems to be in high demand
> compared to the supply. If anything, ISTM that the ability to hire
> folks discourages companies from using Postgres.

The postgresql market is one of who you know, not what you know. The
smart employers troll this list. I too have received half a dozen
offers in the last year.

I just tell them they have zero idea what they are getting into if they
hire me ;)

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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