Recruiters and user groups

I chatted informally with a recruiter today. They informed that they had few openings for C++ in the area. I suspected that the demand for C++ would drop, but I thought it would be a gradual decrease, not the sharp drop we are seeing.

This evening I attended the BaltoMSDN group meeting. It was an open discussion about future technologies, with discussions on HTML5, Sharepoint, Silverlight, database administration, Gartner Group reports, and Windows Phone 7. It was a lively discussion, with lots of creative ideas. (This was a treat for me, as I can rarely attend these meetings.)