Current State of the International IT Market?

psxndc asks: "My fiance's boss is recommending my fiance to a biotech company in Switzerland (the boss is leaving and thinks my fiance is too talented for her current position). We're in the US currently, but if my fiance moved to Switzerland, I'd have to go too (shucks). My question is: "What is the state of the job market over in Europe (specifically Switzerland) and the rest of the world?" For me specifically I'm looking for *nix work and Java, but the question stands for just IT in general. In the US it's still pretty dismal (in Boston at least), but I wanted to know what else might be out there."

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Watch out for the pay

[Clue4All]

I agree with the above poster about having a lot more things to worry about than finding a job, but I think once you do find one you're going to be severely disappointed. Unlike the US, where IT workers are for some unknown reason glorified, many international companies see them as little more than janitors, paid to keep the IT systems running. I really think if you're looking for decent pay in this area it's going to be like hitting a brick wall, do you have any developer talents?