http://www.computerworld.com/careertopics/careers/labor/story/0,10801,85055,00.html
The whole issue of IT employment and trends is something which results in a lot of FUD, simply because so many oxen are liable to be gored. This article argues that the employment loss in IT is both exceptional in its severity, and unlikely to be relieved. The degree to which automation and offshore outsourcing are affecting the purely technical aspects of employment makes concentration on management skills as these relate to IT the most rewarding career path to follow.
Given an effective unemployment rate in IT of some 6%, it is rather odd for companies to be making the case that H1-B visas should be more widely available, which in fact they are doing:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/09/17/HNh1bhearing_1.html
Posted by jho at September 25, 2003 10:29 AM