.Net and QA are the hot jobs right now ...

From CNN Money:

Two tech jobs in high demand these days are .NET developers and quality assurance analysts.

Developers who are expert users of Microsoft's software programming language .NET can make between $75,000 and $85,000 a year in major cities. (See correction.) If they pursue a job at a company that seeks someone with a background in a given field (say, a firm looking for a .NET developer experienced in using software related to derivatives) they might snag a salary hike of 15 percent or more when they switch jobs.

Those who work in software quality management, meanwhile, might make $65,000 to $75,000 a year and be able to negotiate a 10 percent to 15 percent jump in pay if they switch jobs.

Break out the resumes ... if you are a .NET whiz or a QA master (dare I think about if you're both!) according to CNN Money they are the two hottest areas in tech right now.

But ... from my experience as a manager during the DotCom boom ... jumping ship just to get more cash isn't always the best course.  One of my best programmers jumped ship to a little start up and wound up working in an environment where they hired 12 people for about 6 slots ... you had to program great stuff to keep your job, and you knew people where going to be let go.  So ... caution is always the best course in times like these.

Tags: tech jobs, .Net, QA