What is the IT/Software job market like?

[bem]

Thanks for the insight ElQueso. I don't think anywhere is as good now as it was in 2006. Are you an IT recruiter? If so, could you post a link to your company? Or if you know any other good sites besides those posted by Mellow and Thomas, could you post those?

I'd have to work within the terms of my visa so that allows me to work for only a few months. As Panini pointed out, I can extend it once I'm there for an additional three months. So nine in total.

My choice is either give it a try and hope I can find a company to hire me for a limited time or not go at all. Distance work is an option but that presents its own set of challenges.

A big reason to go is to improve my spanish. There are plenty of countries in which to do that. However, Argentina is the only one in which I'd have the documents to work (Spain being the exception, but the job market isn't so hot down there).

Thomas, if you don't mind could you post your company's website?

Thanks for all the posts and advice. Any more websites/info/thoughts are welcome.

Apologies in advance if I'm slow to reply. As of tomorrow afternoon I'll be offline for about a week.

 

[thomasb]

Sure, www.blackfishweb.com - hasn't been updated for a while though.

 

[nicoenarg]

Sure, www.blackfishweb.com - hasn't been updated for a while though.

Nice job incorporating elements of the Metro UI. Pretty impressive.

 

[trennod]

Hey Bem, reading your posts, if you plan is to come down here for less than a year with the main aim of trying to improve your spanish, why not just come without working? I think you will enjoy it a lot more. I am not in IT, but I would surprised if you could land a job that nets you more than ARS 5k-6k a month (ie USD 200-300 per week). You will probs work 40 hours a week, plus transit time in peak hour (probably an hour each way, even if you live in Palermo and work in microcentro).
Plus if your working, how much time are you going to have to go to spanish classes (which generally most the schools, institutes only have classes during the day.

If I was you, I would recommend coming down here and having a holiday, doing some spanish classes and not having to worry about working. If you dont have all the money now, stay a little longer at home and save it!

Just my 2c.