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Assess your current Lotus position with a quick quiz (continued)
| Good balance of job/home |
15 points |
| Too much overtime or commute |
10 points |
| Too much overtime and commute |
5 points |
| Over 50% travel |
0 points |
Job tied to a good economy?
Good times don't last forever, and the economy is cooling off. If you're with a start-up, make certain it's financially sound. Revenues alone do not necessarily mean the company is on good financial footing. For example, eToys had sales of $120 million last quarter, but they're now closed. Clues that your job is being adversely effected by the economy include a slowdown in new projects, more bench time, rescheduled upgrades, reduced hiring, or a postponed IPO.
| Lots of work and solid financials |
20 points |
| New projects, but no hiring |
10 points |
| No new projects |
5 points |
| Layoffs or outsourcing rumored |
0 points |
Have you dead-ended?
If you've been a Notes developer or administrator for three or more years and haven't been a technical lead or managed a project, you're not maximizing your skills. Even if you prefer to be a solo act, you should occasionally take a leadership role. It makes you more marketable and teaches you additional skills. Career growth means more responsibilities and more skills. Consider the following roles in 2001: mentor a junior Notes person, take a technical lead spot, or dabble in project management--either the process or people end, or both. Whether it's a mid size application or a huge system upgrade, if you want to improve your resume while reducing boredom, try leadership.
| Regularly |
15 points |
| Often |
10 points |
| Seldom |
5 points |
| Never |
0 points |
Is your company committed to Notes?
Here's a scenario I hear often. You've spent the last three years developing your Lotus Notes skills, and just as you feel like you've really got it down, the company hires a new CIO. The first decision the CIO makes is to move to a Microsoft (or some other) environment. Maybe the CIO is right; the demands of your company may have changed and could be better served by another technology, or maybe this new CIO has come from a Microsoft background and feels more comfortable with it. Do you trade your Lotus Notes expertise for a job as a rookie with Microsoft products or do you join another team? The best answer to that question may be found in the answers to the other questions in this quiz. If you love your job and it's close to home, maybe you should stay, but if the other scores are low, pack your bags!
| My employer is committed to Lotus Notes |
20 points |
| Things are up in the air |
10 points |
| My company is changing technology |
0 points |
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