The 10 Best Cities to Find Tech Jobs

Top Spots for IT Jobs

Some signs of economic recovery are emerging and a variety of organizations in some of the biggest U.S. cities are seeing demand for IT professionals, according to high-tech career industry watchers. Here we list cities currently in need of IT professionals (according to Dice); salary information for the areas (according to PayScale); and a few reasons why IT pros might want to search for work there.

Atlanta

City/metro area: Atlanta

Available IT jobs: 1,372*

Average salary for IT project manager: $80,798**

Local attractions: Not only is Atlanta home to major league baseball's Braves, CNN and the Carter Presidential Library and Museum, the city also features the Atlanta Botanical Garden, a 30-acre spread that includes the country's largest orchid house.

*According to jobs posted on Dice as of May 1, 2009** According to PayScale, May 2009

Boston

City/metro area: Boston

Available IT jobs: 1,902*

Average salary for senior software engineer/develop/programmer: $92,630**

Local attractions: Can you say sports? With the Bruins, Celtics, Patriots and Red Sox near the top of their games, any high-tech sports enthusiast would welcome the chance to spend their downtime in Beantown.

*According to jobs posted on Dice as of May 1, 2009**According to PayScale, May 2009

Chicago

City/metro area: Chicago

Available IT jobs: 2,056*

Average salary for IT consultant: $70,337**

Local attractions: IT pros taking a break from work can stroll along Chicago's Magnificent Mile, which offers visitors more than 3.1 million square feet of retail space, 460 stores, 275 restaurants, 51 hotels, 2 unique museums and flower-filled medians that reflect the changing seasons.

*According to jobs posted on Dice as of May 1, 2009**According to PayScale, May 2009

Dallas

City/metro area: Dallas

Available IT jobs: 1,451*

Average salary for senior systems engineer (computer networking/IT): $88,327**

Local attractions: The Dallas/Fort Worth area in Texas provides more wildlife than just what you'd find at a rodeo or on one of the many guest ranches the state features. The Fort Worth Zoo boasts more than 5,000 animals and the Dallas Zoo offers a peek at exotic and endangered species.

*According to jobs posted on Dice as of May 1, 2009**According to PayScale, May 2009

Los Angeles

City/metro area: Los Angeles

Available IT jobs: 2,022*

Average salary for system administrator (computer/network): $62,302**

Local attractions: Film buffs would revel in the chance to work among the stars in Hollywood, catch random celebrity sightings, take in a premiere or two, and visit Mann's Chinese Theater to view the hand and footprints of silver screen legends such as Marilyn Monroe, John Wayne, Jack Nicholson and The Olsen Twins.

*According to jobs posted on Dice as of May 1, 2009**According to PayScale, May 2009

New York/New Jersey

City/metro area: New York/New Jersey

Available IT jobs: 5,341*

Average salary for systems engineer (computer networking/IT): $69,700**

Local attractions: New York City offers visitors a view from The Empire State Building, The Statue of Liberty or Central Park. Among the city's many cultural draws are The Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Broadway's many theaters.

*According to jobs posted on Dice as of May 1, 2009**According to PayScale, May 2009

Philadelphia

City/metro area: Philadelphia

Available IT jobs: 1,557*

Average salary for IT specialist: $51,912**

Local attractions: As one of the nation's older cities, Philadelphia features a lot of historical landmarks that include the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

*According to jobs posted on Dice as of May 1, 2009**According to PayScale, May 2009

Seattle

City/metro area: Seattle

Available IT jobs: 1,195*

Average salary for database administrator (DBA): $73,716**

Local attractions: The Space Needle isn't the only draw to the Pacific Northwest city. Seattle also is home to the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame, which features exhibitions on Jimi Hendrix: An Evolution of Sound and Jim Henson's Fantastic World.

*According to jobs posted on Dice as of May 1, 2009**According to PayScale, May 2009

Silicon Valley

City/metro area: Silicon Valley

Available IT jobs: 2,534*

Average salary for senior engineer (San Jose): $83,842**

Tourist attractions: San Jose's Tech Museum of Innovation includes interactive exhibits on advanced technologies. The Tech was created as a resource to serve people of all ages interested in technologies, but also to help inspire youth to innovate on technologies for the future.

*According to jobs posted on Dice as of May 1, 2009**According to PayScale, May 2009

Washington D.C./Baltimore

City/metro area:Washington D.C

Available IT jobs: 6,817*

Average salary for IT director: $110,028**

Local attractions: The nation's capital offers a range of activities beyond the obvious entertainment and education of historical tours. The city offers fine dining at a slew of restaurants, an active nightlife and plays at the Kennedy Center and the Shakespeare Theatre Company.

*According to jobs posted on Dice as of May 1, 2009**According to PayScale, May 2009.

Earn Online With Google Adsense

Many People Here Wish To Earn Online But Most Of Them Are Just Fake Sites Which Provide Online Earnning.

Here Is A Simple And Easy Way To Earn Money Online. Its Not About Increasing Your Referals To Earn Money Or Something Else. You Can Earn Through Google Every Day As Much As You can.

Google Is A World Wide Popular Website So They Wont Cheat You. What You Have To Do Is Simply Make A Site And Start Displaying Ads Provided By Google And You Will Start Earning.

Many People Know About Google Adsense But Others Do Not Know So Its A Nice Method To Earn Online.

For Those Who Dont Know About This

Simply Follow These Steps And You Will Know How To Do This:-

1st Step:- Make A Gmail Id

2nd Step:- Go To Blogger .com And Make A Blog On Forex.
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3rd Step:- After Making Your Blog Go To google.com/adsense And Fill The Form For Registration
Remember Give Your Complete Name And Adress And Correct Address Because You Recieve Checks And PIN Code At That Adress.
And Also Give Your Blog URL You Just Created.

4rth Step:- After A Week Or Before That You Will Be Registered By Adsense Then Go To Google.com/adsense And Activate Your Account.

5th Step:- Go To Blogger.com And Sign In, Open Your Blog And Click On Layout. Then Click On Ad Gadget And Then Select HTMl Script.

6th Step:- You Have To Put A Counter On That Blog , Advantage Of That Counter Will Be Known Later. Search On Google "Counter For Free" And You Will Get Many Site For Free Counter. Then Fill The Form Their And Copy The Code And Paste It In That Gadget OF HTML And Save It. NOw You Will See A Counter On Your Blog As Well.

7th Step:- Again Click On Layout>Add Gadget> Adsense. And Select The Type Of Banner You Want To Show Ads And Add Them Thats It. Save It And You Are Ready To Work Now With The Members.

8th Step:- Now tell your friends to visit your site and do the work.



How To Work:-

Before Start Working You Have To Understand Few Things
1. Ads
2. Impressions ( imp )
3. Bps

That Means You Have To Open Three Ads On The Blog Of That Member, refresh The Blog 30 times And Open 3 subpages On Each of The Add You Just Opened.

So In The Meanwhile The Member Will Do The Same For You.

How To Know That Others Are Not Cheating And Doing Your Work While You Are Doing His WOrk???

Counter Is For That Purpose Becoz IMP Are Counted By The Counter , When The Member Refreshes Your Page Your Counter Ticks So YOu Will KNow That The Member Is Working.

About Add And Bps

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Copy And Paste The Add Link To The Other Member So That He Can Know What You Have Clicked On.

But Remember Donot Copy http And www Part Simply Copy From forex.com/productsID66uhrguds55 And Paste It.

Same Work With The Bps When YOu Open Bps In New Window Copy And Paste The Link And Send It To The Member.

This Way Cheating Is Avoided:-
*Remember Never Click On YOur Own Add Becoz Your Account Will Be Closed Imediatly.

*If Anybody Form Gets Rejected Dont Worry Register Again With The Same Process.

*On Forex Ads You Earn Almost 10 dollars On 25 Clicks On Ads

*That Means If 1 Members Click On Your 3 Ads 10 Members click On 30 Ads= 10+ Dollars

*If You Work With 10 Members In 1 Day It Means $10+ And 30 Days Means $300+

*And The More YOu WOrk The More YOu Earn.

8 Technology etiquette tips for job-seeker

If there's any small solace when starting a job search in this recession, it's the proliferation of digital technology to help you re-enter the working world. Web sites like Indeed.com and LinkedIn.com have multiplied the number of job openings you can track and the professional contacts you can make. E-mail and smart phones make it easier to pitch yourself and set up appointments.
But think twice before picking up that BlackBerry and thumb-typing a message to the hiring manager whose e-mail address you so slyly uncovered online. In the end, landing the right job hinges on old-world skills.
"The electronic piece usually just gets your foot in the door," said Dave Willmer, executive director of Robert Half Technology, a tech industry recruiting division of Menlo Park, Calif.-based staffing consultant Robert Half International. "But you still have to present yourself well face-to-face in an interview, and you have to have good references," he said. "I think some job candidates lose sight of that because of all the technology options and capabilities that get your name out there."
Here are eight technology etiquette tips to help job seekers.

1 .Avoid email blasts

Resist the temptation to respond to each online job listing in your field, and focus on those that fit the best. Only about 6 percent of jobs are filled by candidates recruited through advertisements, said Wendleton, whose firm also conducts career research. If you can use personal contacts to learn about an opening that's not widely publicized, your chances of landing the job increase because you've got fewer rivals. Instead of blast e-mailing, use the Web to research potential employers and put yourself in position to recite key facts about that company should you land an interview. "Too many people are sitting there all day hitting that send button on their computer, answering ads, answering ads," Wendleton said.

02.Embrace snail mail

In your first contact with a prospective employer, you're unlikely to stand out if you join the legions of job seekers sending 'hire me' pitches via e-mail with resumes attached. E-mails also are too easy for a hiring manager to delete. With snail mail, you control the appearance of your carefully crafted cover letter and resume.With e-mail, the user's machine can control settings for fonts and spacing. And managers can be wary of opening attached resumes for fear of unleashing a computer virus.

03.Avoid follow-up foibles

If you land an interview, pay close attention if the hiring manager specifies how to make any follow-up contacts. Email can be a good option because of its speed; if you send a follow-up note via snail mail, it may arrive too late in the hiring process to make a difference.
If the hiring manager is OK with email, send a message that addresses any unanswered questions from the interview and state that you're also mailing a hardcopy. In the snail mail message, do refer that you have also sent an email.
Whatever you do, don't follow up on an interview with an email sent via a handheld gadget - there's too great a chance you'll thumb-type a typo-ridden message. Only use handhelds to send brief, timely emails confirming an appointment or advising you're running late for a meeting. Don't type without regard to grammar and capitalization, and resist including smiley faces or other emoticons in electronic messages. "There is no circumstance where that is appropriate," Wendleton said.

04.Observe boundaries

Even if you managed to track down a hiring manager's cell phone number, don't call it unless given permission. "Cell phones are considered private," Wendleton said.
Willmer and Kate Wendleton, president of The Five O'Clock Club, a New York-based career counseling company, advise that job seekers - especially the young and tech-savvy - frequently misuse electronic gadgets and the Web and run roughshod over professional etiquette.

05.Stick to landlines

For any phone contact with a prospective employer, try to use a land line. With cell phones, there's too great a risk that you'll get a spotty connection, lose it altogether, or end up with excessive background noise if you're in a public place.
If you lack a land line, call from a quiet place like a hotel lobby. Have a pen and pad ready so you can jot down information.

06.Network the smart way

If you identify a hiring manager or other professional you'd like to connect with on an online networking site, don't merely send an electronic invitation without explaining why you want to get in touch. An out-of-the-blue request will likely be ignored.
"Write something like, "I was intrigued by your LinkedIn posting. I see you have 10 years of international experience. I too have 10 years of international experience,'" Wendleton said.

07.Manage your digital footprint

Hiring managers can be expected to go beyond your resume and references, and perform a background check online. So be judicious about what you post on social networking sites such as Facebook, and limit access to friends and family if it's something you wouldn't want an employer to see.
Likewise, think before posting political opinions or personal information in blogs or other online forums. Consider posting under a pseudonym rather than your name. "As a job candidate, I would encourage people to be conservative," said Willmer. "Assume that anybody has access to anything."

08.Get personal

If you resort to e-mail pitches, make them personal. If you're introducing yourself to a hiring manager you've identified via a professional colleague, type that colleague's name in the e-mail's subject line and succinctly explain the link (example "John Doe referred me") so the manager is less likely to hit delete.

Infosys's Believe it Or NoT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In 1993, Infosys made IPO at price 95.
Initially 1 share of Infosys (FV 10) was at price 95.

After so many bonus, today in 2008, that 1 share(FV 10) become 128 shares (FV 5), each price around 1200

Bonus History
Ex-Bonus Bonus Share 1
19-08-94 1:1 2
19-08-97 1:1 4
08-02-99 1:1 8
24-01-00 FV 10 to 5 16
01-07-04 3:1 64
13-07-06 1:1 128

Dividend hostory
Year Share Div. Total
2000 16 2.5 40
2001 16 15 240
2002 16 25 400
2003 16 29 464
2004 16 115 1840
2004 64 5 320
2005 64 13 832
2006 64 38.5 2464
2006 128 5 640
2007 128 12.65 1619
2008 128 37.25 4768

Total dividend received Rs 13,627

An Investor who invested Rs 95 for 1 share of Infosys in 1993, till date got dividend of Rs 13,627 (143 times of initial 95 investment) besides share value of 128x1200=Rs 1.53 lacs

Lets scale above on investment of Rs 10,000
Dividend received 13.62 lacs
Market value 1.53 crore

THIS IS CALLED WEALTH CREATION.THIS IS CALLED UNCHALLENGED ENTERPRENEUR.

Business to these entrepreneurs were not gifted as parental asset but they made it their own like Dhiru Bhai Ambani.

Some Common Myths Related To Stock Market Investments

The term ‘to invest’ is often misunderstood, especially when it comes to the stock market. As a stock market intermediary, I come across many clients who think of investments as something that can make them rich or earn high returns quickly.

The recent downfall in the stock market has made several people lose a lot of money, mostly due to lack of knowledge, patience and wrong choice of investments.

There are a few myths related to stock market investments that I would like to debunk:




Myth: Stock market is a lot of quick money

It is true that stock market investments can give amazing returns in a short time. However, it is only rare. Unless you know what the market doesn’t, you will have to do a lot of research about the economy, the industry and the company that you want to invest in and be patient for the market to value your pick.




Myth: Stock market investments require a lot of capital

You can start with as little as you want. A small amount every month would be ideal to begin with. Do NOT invest all your savings in the stock market. Determine your risk appetite. Stock market investments are only a part of your overall financial planning. Ideally, you should never invest more than 30% of your savings in the stock market.




Myth: Daily trading will increase your chances of making more money

Trading is speculation. If you trade (buy or sell shares) on a daily basis, you are speculating daily price movements. There is NO fool proof way to determine which way a stock would move on any particular day. All technical analysis and charts are only for guidance. Do NOT bet your hard earned money on mere historical patterns.

Trading is about making buy or sell decisions. The more decisions you make, the higher are your chances of going wrong. Trading might lead you to occasional profits, but it won’t make you wealthy. Warren Buffet didn’t trade his way up to riches.




Myth: Invest for the long term and forget

While investing for a longer term is recommended, you should follow the economy, industry and the particular company you are invested in closely.





Myth: Invest a huge amount at once to get maximum returns

The best way to minimise your risk is to invest gradually, in small quantities, over a period of time. Even a good stock can come down temporarily due to market perception. You can take advantage of temporary stock market corrections to buy stock at a lower price and ‘average’ out your purchase price. This way, you can even keep monitoring as well as evaluating your investments.





Myth: Use Futures and Options to hedge your positions

Only big corporations and HNI investors can truly hedge themselves with Futures and Options.
In India, we have a cash based settlement and not a delivery based settlement. Hence, hedging, in its truest sense is not possible. These instruments only help you to leverage your positions (and hence the risk). Small investors should STAY AWAY from trading in the futures market. More than 90% of all transactions even in the commodities market in India (where hedging and delivery based settlement is possible) are settled in cash.




As a basic rule:

Invest a major portion of your savings in fixed return investments like bank deposits, National savings certificates, Postal schemes and other such instruments.

Focus on your insurance needs. Life insurance and medical/health insurance are highly recommended. A major illness or any unfortunate emergency can hamper your entire financial planning unless you have sufficient insurance cover. Choosing the right insurance plan is also very important.

Invest a part of your savings in debt based mutual funds. They are relatively less risky compared to direct equity investments. You can even opt for hybrid debt-equity mutual funds for slightly higher returns, albeit with slight higher risk.

The remaining savings can be invested in the stock market either by buying equity shares directly or through pure equity based mutual funds. If you really have no knowledge at all about stocks and still want to invest, then mutual fund investments are recommended. Do some research on the internet to determine the best performing mutual funds in the past 3 to 5 years. To be on the safer side, invest in mutual funds that invest in blue chip companies.

If you do not have the time or expertise, it is always better to take the help of a professional and qualified investment advisor.