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In Silicon Valley, select tech workers are in high demand

Thousands of people in Silicon Valley are unemployed and looking for work. But for tech workers with the right skills, work is looking for them.

They have what it takes for the booming fields of social media, mobile software and cloud computing and juggle multiple job offers -- some in the six figures -- as they benefit from a tech job market that hasn't been this overheated since the dot-com bubble in the late 1990s. Internet giants like Google ( GOOG ) are competing with startups for increasingly rare talent: senior software engineers, data analysts, Web designers and application developers.

"If you can write code at a high level, you can write your own ticket," said Tom Silver, a vice president for the technology job site Dice.com.

Just ask Kristal Pollack, a 29-year-old software engineer who programs what's known as the "back end" or innards of Internet-based services. Six companies were actively courting her when she started in April with Yammer, a social network for businesses.

"Engineers are in demand right now," she said. "And everybody that's writing a software platform needs somebody who is a back-end programmer and knows what they're doing."

Gur-Saran Varma, 49, a software engineer with a five-page résumé, had offers from seven companies and in February signed on with SeaMicro, a Sunnyvale energy-efficient server company. He's still hearing from potential employers. "Sometimes I turn off my phone, because I get lots of calls," he said.

Although many who lost jobs in the downturn are still on the sidelines, Pollack, Varma and others like them -- some still in school -- have the backgrounds that recruiters value.

Varma taught computer science for 10 years in India and came to the U.S. in 1995. Having worked for a smorgasbord of Web, networking and chip companies, he was drawn to SeaMicro by the prospect of "taking a totally new technology to greater heights." Pollack, who has worked at IBM Almaden, a location-based advertising company and a solar company, is skilled in popular programming languages and is writing software that will allow Yammer to support large numbers of customers and applications. "I think of it as solving hard problems. How to do that in a creative way," she said.

Picking a Picture Frame Mat Style | Property Info

For most viewers of art, wider mats give a visual breathing space between your art and the picture frame that’s more comfortable. Wide mat borders were once mainly utilized by art collectors and museums for their highly valued pieces, but they are now quite popular for many types of framed art.

The correct choice of mat borders is primarily personal preference, which can change with time. It’s a great idea, when trying to determine your preference, to look at framed art in magazines, in museums, in other people’s homes, or really anywhere art is available.

Along with the width of your mat border, different styles have developed over time, many of which came into being to match variations of art in addition to different decor. You may create the mood of the art that you’re desiring to display using a assortment of types of mat borders.

Equal Borders, Single Mat

The very most basic, standard mat is a mat which has equal widths the complete way around and provides a simple presentation for virtually every form of art. The texture and color of the surface of the mat board can establish the overall character of the artwork.

Mats with Numerous Openings

On this type, which is usually utilized for photographs, multiple openings are cut into one mat board to allow the display of more than one picture, each in its own individual window. The openings might be the same configuration, or perhaps a number of shapes and sizes. This style of mat is great for displaying collections, including stamps or trading cards. When you are displaying many items within one frame, usually it is advisable to pick simple frames, like solid colored wood picture frames or plain silver plated picture frames.

The Double Mats

The double mat is actually two mats which are on top of each other. A bit of the lower mat is revealed within the top mats’ opening, usually from an eighth of an inch up to half an inch. Most of the time the mats are two different colors, but this is not necessary. This type of map creates visual and physical depth. If your artwork utilizes a double mat, it can be considered to be a more finished and professional looking piece.

Weighted Bottom

A weighted bottom mat is a mat that has a wider or slightly extended bottom border. Some individuals think that it suits a person’s eye given it provides the feel of a solid base. It’s a very popular style for several types of art framing.

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