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IT Jobs To Drop In 2009
ruphus13 writes "A new Goldman Sachs IT report recently released states that IT jobs will be dramatically reduced in 2009, starting with contract and offshore developers. From the article: 'Sharp reductions likely in contract staff, professional services and hardware, and almost no investment in cloud computing.' The article goes on to say 'The CIOs indicated that server virtualization and server consolidation are their No. 1 and No. 2 priorities. Following these two are cost-cutting, application integration, and data center consolidation. At the bottom of the list of IT priorities are grid computing, open-source software, content management and cloud computing (called on-demand/utility computing in the survey) — less than 2% of the respondents said cloud computing was a priority.' Postulating a 'pointy haired boss' problem, an analyst goes on to say, '[Grid computing, Open Source and Cloud computing] require a technical understanding to get to their importance. I don't think C-level executives and managers have that understanding.' But they do control the paychecks ..."
Aaack! Stop it, stop it right now!
>even shitty i.t. staff can take on small stuff from small businesses and make a decent living these days
It's always good to hear from the voice of experience when discussing such things. Thanks for the perspective.
And as I would rather stick a pencil in my eye than work in health care,
Keeping up the high demand for health care professionals since 2008!
I'd rather have 1 rock star coder than 20 mediocre ones.
The article is about IT. They don't do code.
let's see;
never being home ..check ... check ... check ...check
illiterate CB Radio Banter
wonderful stereo type (see above)
spending nights on the side of the road
being able to work in your uderoos ...pricelss
What would the world be like without Google?
Well, it would have a few more dissidents.
"Who is the Journal of Quantum Physics going to believe?" --Stephen Hawking
My troll was better than your troll.
"Piter, too, is dead."
For most industries other than software, IT is like utility, telecom, logistics, etc. I had no idea I was getting into janitorial business when I went into this field. Well, beats accounting - we also go to jail less frequently. :-)
Fuck systemd. Fuck Redhat. Fuck Soylent, too. Wait, scratch the last one.
Not to mention a truck stop sloppy joe for dinner and truck stop sloppy ho for dessert!
Sometimes my arms bend back.
the usual response from the ones who want it done is "But I wanted this, this, and that"
Thats what she said!
By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth. -- George Carlin
A consultant is someone who:
1. Borrows your watch
2. Tells you what time it is
3. Walks off with the watch
4. Recommends to your VP that you and your entire department be "right-sized" so that "corporate geographies" can be "strategically aligned with their centers of competency"
You do the disappearing pencil trick, too?!
I hate myself, hate myself, for laughing at that.
Enron, and WorldCom might have had an ROI on the accounting department.
Work bio at MMWD
And make sure there is no misunderstanding or spelling errors - too many employers are willing to pay *weakly*.
"I'm 46 and have to basically totally switch careers..."
If you have 46+ years experience...look into contracting!!
He's 46 years old. He probably has 40 years of experience, tops.
Are you implying causality, or simply correlation?
which is totally what she said
uderoos
Don't the teats get in your way when you go to change gears?
Promote proofreading. Don't mod up sloppy posts.