Victoria tech jobs -was- Re: [Discuss] Comp Tech groups in Victoria?

[manfred at mosabuam.com]

Quoting Lloyd D Budd <foolswisdom at gmail.com>:

> On 9/14/06, Darren Duncan <darren at darrenduncan.net> wrote:
>> At 12:34 PM -0700 9/14/06, Lloyd D Budd wrote:
>>
>>> Vancouver Island Advanced Technology Centre
>>> http://www.viatec.ca/
>>
>> VIATEC has monthly "Viafest" meetings about 8 months of the year, usually:
>> Fourth Thursday of each month, 5pm at Vancouver Island Technology
>> Park, 4464 Markham Street
>>
>> Note that pre-registration on the website for Viatec events is a good idea.
>
> Thanks for the additional info Darren.
>
> I received a first weekly VIATEC email yesterday. Just to keep up with
> what is going on in Victoria Tech.
>
> I heard the employment opportunities were good, but I was still
> surprised by the quantity and quality of the jobs listed -- not that I
> am looking for a job.
> http://www.electricedgesystems.com/viatec/mail_index.cfm?pg=mail_preview&mailid=4801J6484C9E8A541&NoShow=1
>
> Nothing explicitly open source, though there is one explicitly Perl job
> Perl Programmer-Web Applications - Enquisite Software Inc.
> http://www.viatec.ca/human_job.php?operation=viewJob&jobID=1375

A lot of the companies in town using Java are heavily using open  
source Java and other components and hiring is always going on.

If you are interested more in that side of the open source world join VIJUG
http://www.mosabuam.com/vijug
or drop by at a meeting.

manfred
VIJUG founder