The companies that are hiring are less exciting and less willing to pay the sky high salaries of the past, techies say. I'm a little bit leery about going back into volatile startups, although I still consider myself a risk taker. I would take a closer look at the business model before I signed on. Other techies would rather have more job security and better pay up front. For these techies, stock options and other startup staples have lost much of their allure.
Jobs are still plentiful, but less exciting.
Techies say there are still plenty of jobs available, but the market isn't the same as it was a year ago. To ask job hunt questions, click here . To questions about careers in technology, click here . While the number of layoffs might be troubling, those 31,000 lost jobs represent less than 1 percent of the 2.5 million workers in the dot-com sector, according to the Industry Standard . Employment experts say it will take a long time before the falling demand meets the short supply of techies.