from another Erieite!

Hey, do you know if Obama will make a stop here? All this talk about Pennsylvania recently-- and Erie, the fourth largest city, is being ignored.

I was hired by a company, and within three months was told that the company was moving the accounting department to China, and my background would be a great asset in accomplishing this.  

This was a private company making lots of money here in the US.  But that wasn't enough.  They hired me in order to fire me in a year, or so.

Outsourcing is killing us, and it's working up the food chain.  

I am disabled, too. After losing my job as a software developer in 2001 I tried to find work and ended up going back to school to get my masters in computer science. Finished with a 3.77 GPA in Mar 2006. Two years later, still no job and find very little as in almost nothing that I qualify for. If you aren't already an expert with several years experience in specific technologies you can fucking forget it, especially if you are over 50. If it wasn't for Social Security Disability, I'd be living under a bridge. Thank you, FDR.

I almost wrote a diary asking for help finding work, but decided to devote my free time to electing a decent Democrat to the White House. Maybe after November, I'll try some more creative job hunting strategies.