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Techies Migrate in Search of Work

Posted by michael on from the bytes-of-wrath dept.

prostoalex writes "Tracing the story of one family where the father is employed in the IT field, the Washington Post discusses the current unemployment in the information technology field. For a good reason - for the first time in 30 years the IT unemployment rate exceeded the national average unemployment rate, implying that you have a better chance of getting a job if your field is something other than IT. The journalist does offer a disclaimer, saying that the term 'IT worker' is applied equally to a top-notch scientist in a research lab, to a dot-com startup billionaire, and to a local HTML guru. Relevant employment statistics also shows that layoffs in the IT field were up 60% in the third quarter of 2004."

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  1. My mistake by AtariAmarok · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    My mistake. At first, I thought it said Trekkies, and had something to do with the collapsing Star Trek franchise.

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  2. I don't write code... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...I wrong code.

  3. OMFG! MASTER CHEF FOUND DEAD AT END OF HALO2!!!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I just heard the sad news over at shack news -- master Chef Julia Childes was found dead at the end of Halo 2. You may not have been a fan, but there's no denying her contribution to the image of alcoholism on TV and the growing American wasteline. Truely an American icon, she will be mist.

  4. MPU (mod parent up) by Jonboy+X · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Amen, brotha! A DBA is not a computer programmer. An HTML jockey is not a computer programmer. As a bona-fide Software Engineer (note the capitalization), I can't tell you how much I resent being lumped in with the rest of you losers.

    It's left as an exercise for the reader to determine how much of this post, if any, is sarcasm, and how much is my earnest feelings.

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    1. Re:MPU (mod parent up) by Procrastin8er · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Amen from me also, as a bona-fide Sys Admin I don't want to be lumped in with all you Software Engineering losers.

      Glad to see we can agree on this.

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    2. Re:MPU (mod parent up) by Jonboy+X · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Geez, is that all you got? I'm trying to troll here! Help a brotha out!

      Also, I mis-typed when I called y'all losers. It should have been "lusers", as in, you use the software that I write. Don't piss me off, or I'll code the next system management app in migraine-inducing pink. Which will it burn out first, your monitor or your retinas?

      Finally, umm, yo momma's got dustballs in her power supply.

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    3. Re:MPU (mod parent up) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I think all the real engineers were too shocked to even respond to your describing people as "software engineers" uhh.. you mean coders, right?