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Dismantling the Myth of IT Being a Dead-End Career
Lam1969 writes "Robert Mitchell says CIOs and other IT managers continue to bemoan what they claim is a shortage of good technologists. He suggests beefing up salaries and convincing young people that IT is a viable long-term career path would help to change this sentiment. Mitchell also says the threat of offshoring is overstated; rather, the problem is industry and the media have been 'complicit in propagating the myth that IT is a dead end.' From the story: 'First, the dot-com crash shattered the illusion that those in high-tech jobs would always emerge from economic turbulence unscathed. Now, students are hearing that a four-year degree in programming or engineering doesn't matter because all of those jobs will eventually go offshore to foreign workers at very low wages. A generation has been dissuaded from pursuing what is in reality a very promising career choice.'"
Keep your mouth shut!
We worked so hard to scare all those damned paper MCSE and brain dumpers away. Last thing we need is for them to come back and lower the avg IT wage again...
It's because you can't get dates studying "IT". Say you are in medschool or a doctor and they're all over you and it.
All three slashdotters who are married do not need to reply and tell me I'm wrong.
Take the cheese to sickbay, the doctor should see it as soon as possible - B'Elanna Torres, "Learning Curve"
Too right...
.net language from Microsoft.
I heard of a guy who was taking a telephone interview with a head hunter for a contract job, it went something like this:
HH: They need someone who knows C-Pound, have you worked with it?
CS: I think you mean C-Sharp, yes, i've worked with it since the early betas.
HH: No, i've just talked with them on the phone, it's definatly C-Pound.
CS: They must be meaning C-Sharp, it's the new
HH: No, they said explicitly that it was C-Pound they were looking for, and not to accept anyone saying they had esperience in another type of C.
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The bad news is that married /.'ers can't get dates too!
May Peace Prevail On Earth
Then I'm sure that Robert Mitchell won't mind hearing that I will no longer be getting my tech news from ComputerWorld, but http://www.siliconindia.com/ . Rog
Hello, IT. Have you tried turning it off then on again?
Can I jump in on the exaggeration bandwagon? Please, can I??? Last year I made over 1,000,000 dollars in IT. I quit school in the eighth grade. I have a Ferrari and a Jaguar and also a Subara WRX so I can keep my street cred.
I prefer the ring of "C-Octothorpe"
If I have been able to see further than others, it is because I bought a pair of binoculars.
I left school at the age of 6 in order to become a systems administator. Three weeks later I was made soverign monarch of a major developed country. My income in the last year was £3,600,000,000. I have a fleet of cars which escort me on the way to and from the palace - downhill, both ways. I also have a one digit Slashdot ID, which I choose not to use so I can mix more with the common people.
:(
But now I have no pomotion opportunities. It's a dead end job. How I wish I'd stayed out of IT
That is no joke. A least here in Denver. Costco workers make $17/hour.
I hope your responsIbilities don't include proper spelling or grammar.
i picked up my class-A (truck drivers license) back in 2003 from a job i was working at nights while i was in school.
Now i make 17.50 an hour driving a truck after class and i graduate in may.
Where can i start with a CIS degree for 17.50 an hour?
The thing is, the lifestyle is terrible. You gone all the time. You dont get "hours", you get trips with unknown completion times. A flat tire adds 3 hours on the day. A jerk in a Audi adds 15 minutes when you have to stop and beat him with a tire iron.... it makes for a lame-o day.
CIO=Career Is Over
sometimes the ship jumps you.
Obviously only in Soviet Russia.
In Soviet Russia the insensitive clod is YOU!