So much to do and so little time and the blog is beginning to suffer from the lack of time. Currently I have 2 blog entries in the works primarily focusing on the state of the technology industry and business environment in Atlantic Canada. These will be great blog articles, however I’m not sure how well they will be received. I’ll get them up in due time, they definitely need more work at this point. Read the rest of this entry →

Recently I was approached about a job with a company in Nova Scotia and throughout the process I realized one area (of many) that is the cause of our labor shortage here in Nova Scotia, some companies are cheap. In the process of discussing my possible employment, or a normal job as I would like to call it, the organization seeking my expertise would not even negotiate, they offered the equivalent salary for such a role that would have been paid in 1998 (or as my wife would say “is reasonable for someone living in Tajikistan”). Read the rest of this entry →