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Has The "Technology Bounceback" Begun?

Posted by Hemos on from the questions-for-this-age dept.

jg21 writes "Has the 'return of technology' begun, asks this article in the wake of all the coverage of CES both here on Slashdot and elsewhere. But just as it's difficult to gauge how many swallows make a summer, how do you measure a technology bounceback? JDJ's suggestions include indicators from 2004 such as the doubling of Google's share price in just 6 months, the mega-sucess of the iPod, and the success of the Blackberry." Decent article that asks a good question; you'll have to wade through the ads to get to the real text.

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  1. What I want to know is.... by cheezemonkhai · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If there is such a bouncback where are the jobs.

    People want to pay a graduate wage to get a person with a good amount of experiance.

    Some jobs demand a MCSE for things that are not even related to the qualification.

    Others are just plain absurd. eg about 1.5 years ago I saw an add asking for CCNA, MCSE and 5+ years commercial experiance with .NET.

    (The salary was £17-22k per year and .NET hadn't even existed for 5 Years).

    If there is a revolution howabout some jobs.. go on please ;)

  2. IT by Konster · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The IT "bounceback" will be a real bounceback when hiring takes place in earnest...on our own shores.

    And equating Google's share price with an IT "bounceback" leads me to believe that the bursting of the bubble taught some people nothing.