As an AV (Audio-Visual) Engineer who quit his job in October,  I disagree with the writer's premise that Employers are gaining some sort of upper hand over Employees. The truth is that there's a very limited supply of talented Engineers, Coders, etc--all of whom remain in very high demand in DC and other major Metro areas. I left my old job after 10 years without something lined up. I posted my resume on 7 job board sites. This led to me being contacted by 120 different Recruiters. All of them had great jobs, which paid A LOT more than my last job did. All with fabulous benefits that are practical, such as covering all Health Insurance premiums.While there are layoffs at companies like Facebook, there are a great many other Organizations who have openings for Coders, Engineers, etc. ]Right now, for anyone with a great set of IT Skills, this is still a "Job Hunter's Paradise". Doubly if those skills are rare and hard to find. For proof, just search the job posting sites like dice.com, montser.com and others. There are still far more openings for talented IT Pros than there are qualified people applying for them in places far from "Silicon Valley'.

As an AV (Audio-Visual) Engineer who quit his job in October,  I disagree with the writer's premise that Employers are gaining some sort of upper hand over Employees. The truth is that there's a very limited supply of talented Engineers, Coders, etc--all of whom remain in very high demand in DC and other major Metro areas. I left my old job after 10 years without something lined up. I posted my resume on 7 job board sites. This led to me being contacted by 120 different Recruiters. All of them had great jobs, which paid A LOT more than my last job did. All with fabulous benefits that are practical, such as covering all Health Insurance premiums.While there are layoffs at companies like Facebook, there are a great many other Organizations who have openings for Coders, Engineers, etc. ]Right now, for anyone with a great set of IT Skills, this is still a "Job Hunter's Paradise". Doubly if those skills are rare and hard to find. For proof, just search the job posting sites like dice.com, montser.com and others. There are still far more openings for talented IT Pros than there are qualified people applying for them in places far from "Silicon Valley'.

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