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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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  • Thank you all, there is no way I would be able to have gotten where I'm at without the people on this forum helping me along the way. When I started using this site years ago, I feel I started to be a much more advanced programmer reading through all the different threads.

    I'm hoping I can slowly dip my toes in the water with Calypso. I'll share my experiences with that on here for sure
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  • Thank you all, there is no way I would be able to have gotten where I'm at without the people on this forum helping me along the way. When I started using this site years ago, I feel I started to be a much more advanced programmer reading through all the different threads.

    I'm hoping I can slowly dip my toes in the water with Calypso. I'll share my experiences with that on here for sure
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