Posts by Chris 249

Sweden 'secretly blames' hackers – not solar flares – for taking out air traffic control

Re: Why would Russia randomly be stressing out peaceful Swedes?

@bc1609 - and don't forget the Russian Sub in Swedish waters!

If you want an IT job you'll need more than a degree, say top techies

Re: The first hurdle....

don't worry I came out of University in 2008 when shit hit the fan, and tried of all places to get into IT within Finance, it really is a catch 22, stick with it, I was desktop support, and 5 years later I am Infrastructure Architecting solutions.

The recruiters do not care about you they just see the $$ comission. End of day you are more qualified then the recruiters so who are they to say what jobs you can or cannot apply for...

Re: A time machine helps, too.

recruiters KNOW jack shit about the IT industry and yet if you look at their LinkedIN Profiles they have every IT skills and cert under their belt!

Bloody useless car salesmen thats all they are.

US senator asks: Will Bitcoin replace Swiss bank accounts?

HSBC

fuck them, they wouldnt give me a business account when I needed it, and yet I later discovered they are running accounts for the cartels/gangs.

HSBC can fuck off and yes 500m is nothing to them

Ex-Goldman Sachs coder cuffed on fresh 'source theft' charges

Re: No...

oh like this guy (Fabrice Tourre), who they allowed back to work pretty much straight away...

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/22/us-goldmansachs-sec-tourre-idUSTRE78L6C520110922

UBS tells IT contractors: Take a 10% pay cut ... or 100%

bad week?

permie person here looking to do contract for 3-6months anyone suggest a good contracting sites?

(not HNash or Google thank you please) that I am unware of, to point me in the right direction please?

this has not been a good week or two for contractors or finance people + recruiters now has it UBS/RBS+Hays.