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Is The Software Industry Dead?

Posted by Hemos on from the it-lies-not-dead-but-dreaming dept.

A reader writes:" Ok. So I'm about to graduate and then I come across this story: Do Software Firms Have Bright Future? None other than Larry Ellison of Oracle thinks that the best is behind us and that software is a dead industry. What does the rest of slashdot think? Will that shiney new degree be worthless? " I think it's safe to say that it's not dead - but that the times it once had aren't going to return; e.g. tulip blubs sell well, but not like they used to.

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  1. Re:Larry says...... by rabidcow · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Good idea or not, it isn't happening (and didn't happen years ago when he was pushing it). Ellison is not exactly a visionary.

  2. Re:IT Shakeout Go get your REAL job at Burger King by PingPongBoy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    As a veteran of IT I was there when you had to have real skill to get involved. Also, being around during the boom I saw that attitude change and companies take on inexperienced employees because it was sooo hard to find employees in general. I worked on Bank of America's network security team and it was pretty much a training camp for unqualified employees. By the time they had some skills they realized that they could make more $ elsewhere so it was a never ending cycle

    Pretty ironic that someone working for a bank finds s/he can make more $$$ elsewhere.

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