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| UncleEddie |
 Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:45 pm Post subject: MQ Series related jobs outlook (US) |
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Well I Googled this Q and Binged it (I don't think I will get used to saying that) and did not find any current relevant information. What is 'the forecast' for MQ related jobs in the coming months? Basically, what I am after is an observation from folks familiar with the market.
A layoff from my previous MQ job and some IBM certs later, I am finding myself in the market again and finding the outlook rather bleak from my perspective. Is this just a reflection of the economy or is Dice.com not the best resource for MQ related jobs? Or both? |
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| fjb_saper |
| Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 12:49 pm Post subject: |
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Have you tried the LinkedIn MQ group? 
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| dgolding |
| Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 11:41 pm Post subject: |
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For Europe, all I can say is (not particularly scientific) when I looked at jobserve.com for "MQ contract jobs in Europe" two years ago I got back 300 entries - now it's more like 30.
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| ak |
| Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 6:04 am Post subject: |
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| This is not looking any better even a month latter. A search for MQ or WMb jobs on jobserve is returns less than 10 jobs. |
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| zpat |
| Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 6:35 am Post subject: |
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| It's probably the bottom of the market now. I would guess things will bump along like this in 2009 and much of 2010. |
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| QM1MQ1 |
| Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 6:35 am Post subject: |
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| I have a MQ Series Architect position in NJ any takers? |
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| Vitor |
| Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 6:56 am Post subject: |
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| QM1MQ1 wrote: |
| I have a MQ Series Architect position in NJ any takers? |
Apparently not or they'd have responded to this
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| Gaya3 |
| Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 7:47 am Post subject: |
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its a different flavour of conversations right now in the market....
some talk about SOA integration
some talk about cloud computing
some talk about open source integration
I know one prestigious client which is moving away from MQ and embracing Open source MQ, the reasons are quite few, we can't hold this back as well 
the market won't be that lush green always.......so have to prepare ourselves......for the worst 
I some how very hesitent to play managment kind of role...but when you say the technology is getting saturated there is no other way too
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| zpat |
| Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 9:20 am Post subject: |
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Some people talk "hot air" and it's been like that for years.
Vendors (other than IBM) always want to sell something new, rather than telling people how to use their current software to its full potential. Consultants are always recommending change because they want something to charge for.
The reality of IT in large firms is never so simple and I would like to see open-source messaging working reliably, let alone over mainframes, i-series and so on. You can't beat having hundreds of IBM's coding away for 15 years.
How much is the data worth - a lot more than a few MQ license fees. But I do think IBM need to keep educating each new wave of recruits on the merits of commercial strength transactional messaging.
Where I am, WMQ/WMB is seeing a large uptake in new projects - and more people here work in WMQ/WMB support/development than a few years ago. |
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| bruce2359 |
| Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 10:10 am Post subject: |
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Young(er) IT managers naively believe that open-source is free or cheaper than store-bought (licensed) software. They learned this in college.
Given the short life-span of most IT managers, they will not be at that job long enough to enjoy the dramatically higher risks and costs of free.
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| zpat |
| Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 10:18 am Post subject: |
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The trick is to keep WMQ/WMB usage free to projects by paying for the licenses centrally.
Then their choice between unsupported freeware and supported IBM-ware is not a hard one to make.
Otherwise you will get projects using "noddy" FTP instead of WMQ - because it's "free" - even then you can tell them about MQ clients being free.
It's an argument that has gone on for years and always will, but software license costs are rarely the big ticket items in any project's life-cycle. |
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| Vitor |
| Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 10:23 am Post subject: |
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| bruce2359 wrote: |
| Young(er) IT managers naively believe that open-source is free or cheaper than store-bought (licensed) software. They learned this in college. |
They also feel better using what they know (i.e. their college software). Plus many run a project budget like their household budget - the less they spend the better. There's a whole generation of managers out there who don't understand TCO.
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