Daily Archives: January 27, 2007

Check out these HIGH PAYING .NET, C++ & SQL jobs in Vermont

Jobs

I hear a lot of whining that the software jobs in Vermont don’t pay well.

I was just poking around Technical Connection’s website and saw a .NET Developer job for $100,000, a C++ job advertised as “highly competitive for Vermont” and a SQL Server DBA job for $80K+.

When I first moved to Vermont 6 years ago, during the dot com BOOM, I had to get a mortgage and the mortgage broker said I had to get a full time w-2 job. I had a hard time, with my 20 years of experience, finding a job over $50,000.

So seeing these jobs in the $80-$100K range is awesome.

The most perfect snow for skiing today!

Vermont

Rich and I had a great ski today. There were about 3 inches of fresh snow this morning and it was about 15 degrees, so  when we went out after lunch, the snow was dry and fluffy. The kind of snow where you can actually see the crystal shapes. On top of the base that we have been working on in trails in our woods, the new snow made for PERFECT ski conditions. I’m not exaggerating. For the entire time we were out, we couldn’t get over how optimal it was. And I was so happy to finally get out my real back country skis instead of my rock skis. They are light and they glide so beautifully. We went up through our woods and then crossed over to trails that lead up towards the Long Trail in the Green Mountains. Even the first few hours that we were basically climbing up hill were sweet. Then coming back down the trails was heavenly and just didn’t last long enough. Does it ever?

Having the cold weather makes a huge difference. Otherwise the snow is sticky and you have to really finagle with the wax. 

Perfect perfect perfect!

Two of Vermont’s most prominent business leaders will speak at VTSDA in February

VTdotNetFeed

The resumes that these two men sent me to place onto the VTSDA website were astounding. Unfortunately, I had to use only a segment of each, as they were so long. They have each served on the boards of many of Vermont’s biggest charitable organizations. They have both started hugely successful I.T. companies in Vermont. They are both incredibly smart, well-versed in matters of politics, economics and busines and both equally generous. I’m very excited that we have them coming to speak at VTSDA!

Managing Your Business for Change and Then for Growth

Bill Schubart
CEO, Resolution, Inc.

Pat Robins
Co-Founder, SymQuest

Bill Schubart and Pat Robins are two of Vermont’s most prominent business leaders and are also high-tech pioneers in our state.

Bill and Pat will talk about:

  • their vision of the potential of the Software Industry in Vermont
  • their experiences growing their companies
  • the state of economic development in Vermont and
  • what businesses are (and can be) doing to help themselves.

The meeting is Wednesday, Feb 21st from noon-2pm at the Courtyard Marriott in Williston. More info, rsvp & direx here…