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Lowering the Odds of Being Outsourced

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the keep-your-job dept.

Lam1969 writes "Computerworld points to a study by the Society for Information Management, which concludes that the best thing young IT workers can do to avoid being outsourced is beef up their management skills. The article quotes Thomas Tanaka, a recent computer engineering graduate, describing a recent job interview: 'While the Santa Clara, Calif., resident has generally been looking for entry-level software jobs with IT vendors, he recently had an interview with a financial firm looking to fill an in-house IT position. That's where his lack of business background was exposed.'"

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  1. Quick Answer: Get an MBA by Marxist+Hacker+42 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    No- really. For anybody who has been out of college for more than 2 years, that's what the article recommends. No advice if you're not a people person, hate people, and went into computers to avoid working with people. No advice if you're not a natural entrapreneur running your first ecommerce site before you've left the dorms in college.

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    SJW: a person who perceives an injustice, and while correcting it, commits a greater injustice.
  2. Re:So the best way to avoid being outsourced IT? by Javagator · · Score: 4, Interesting
    The best IT managers tend to grock technology.

    Here are the attributes of the best managers I have had (in order of importance).

    1. Actually listen to the people they manage.
    2. Have good social and communication skills.
    3. Have some domain expertise..
    4. Have some technical expertise..

    And my best managers have usually been women.