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Crazy Job Market

What's the CMM job market like near you?

I live and work in the far northern outskirts of Chicago. There is a fair amount of industry around me, but there are typically only two or three CMM job openings at a time within my commuting area. Most of them are normally the same few jobs that nobody wants or they just don’t pay enough.

However, right now it seems like there are quite a few jobs available near me that I'd be happy to take if I didn't already have a good thing going. Also, where I work we have been down a CMM programmer for many months and recently lost two more who left for greener pastures. HR tells me that no one is even applying, let alone anyone with good qualifications! We are working to build talent from within, but it's going to take some time.

How about you?
Are you currently understaffed? Or should I say, more understaffed than usual?
Do you see a lot more job openings near you?
Am I the only one dumb enough to do this for a living? What am I missing here?
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  • When I find time between work, my side business and racing, I am going to start looking again. I had a conversation with my boss and he said some things that I am looking forward to but what was said and actions that have been taken are very different so far. We shall see. I should have some time at the hotel this weekend to look. Any suggestions for a programmer in the St. Louis area are welcome.

    I know this has been a topic on here before but does anyone have any tips on getting into freelance programming? If the work is there, I don't have a problem buying my own copy of DMIS with a SMA and traveling a bit to prove out a program.
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  • When I find time between work, my side business and racing, I am going to start looking again. I had a conversation with my boss and he said some things that I am looking forward to but what was said and actions that have been taken are very different so far. We shall see. I should have some time at the hotel this weekend to look. Any suggestions for a programmer in the St. Louis area are welcome.

    I know this has been a topic on here before but does anyone have any tips on getting into freelance programming? If the work is there, I don't have a problem buying my own copy of DMIS with a SMA and traveling a bit to prove out a program.
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