A Positive Outlook on the Software Industry

joechang writes "According to this article in Business 2.0, our IT sector jobs are not as glum as we make them out to be. Despite the downturn in the economy, the article maintains that our jobs are as stable as ever, and that pay increases are actually at reasonable levels. In addition, software development is still one of the largest growing industries, and that Billings, MT is a high growth area. Of course, I haven't heard of any of my co-workers taking a job in Billings..."

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[jedidiah]

Much of this fear of "ability to pay rent" is brought upon ourselves. We're far too willing to buy into the excessive consumerism rampant in American culture. Thus we fail to do proper risk management with our own jobs.

Ideally, "professionals" should be able to tell the boss to f*ck off at will if need be. There are certain instances where that really the only viable option remaining to a genuine professional.