29 Jun 1998
Just 100 years ago Miami was a swampy village in the south-east corner of the US, with few settlers. Now a fifth of the population of Florida live in the city, which has a booming IT job market.
Advantages Florida is known as the Sunshine State. The warm weather and palm trees have made Miami a celebrity-filled resort area popular with UK tourists, and the newly restored Art Deco district in Miami Beach is a regular backdrop on the fashion pages of glossy magazines. There are numerous beaches, and the famous Everglades are only a few miles away.
Disadvantages Remember Miami Vice? Since the US ghettos first erupted in the Sixtiesm violence ? most recently among Haitians and Puerto Ricans ? has been a regular feature of Miami life. In 1980 it had the highest murder rate in the country, and continues to have a reputation as a dangerous city.
Jobs There are a large number of IT opportunites in Miami. Large systems experts analysts CICS, Cobol, D&B, VAX, Focus, IDMS, Natural, PL/1, AS/400 analysts, JD Edwards, Cobol, RPG, RPG/400, RPGIII/IV, Synon are in short supply. Also being advertised are a large number of Unix jobs (Admin, Analyst, AIX, C/C++, Embedded, HP-UX, Scripts, Sun, Telecom).
Have your say on this article
Newsletters
Latest stories from Management
You may also like
Management jobs
Technology Patent Wars
Staff are increasingly using their personal devices for work. Productivity may increase as a result, but the trend brings with it security risks
Case studies from large organisations across all sectors
... And rich media, and flexible working, and peaks in traffic ...
Upcoming Events
Join us for this Computing web seminar, in which the Head of BI at the Co-operative Group Nick Colebourn will be explaining just how he reigned in the Group’s sprawling database estate and how significant savings were realised and data quality improved as a result.
Date: 31 May 2012
Time: 11:00 AM
Live June 13th 11:00am: Register now. During this web seminar we will be looking at the sorts of incidents that can bring data centres grinding to a halt and what can be done about them.
Date: 13 Jun 2012
Time: 11:00 am
Receive the latest jobs direct to your inbox
Are you being paid what you are worth?
