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IT Jobs To Drop In 2009

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the gonna-get-worse-before-it-gets-better dept.

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 ..."

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  1. Re:Truck driving school here I come! by stewbacca · · Score: 5, Funny

    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!

  2. Re:I am with Bjarne on this one by Surt · · Score: 4, Funny

    What would the world be like without Google?

    Well, it would have a few more dissidents.

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    "Who is the Journal of Quantum Physics going to believe?" --Stephen Hawking
  3. Re:Duh. by oldhack · · Score: 5, Funny

    One of the age old problems is the assumption that IT for most companies is simply capital expenditure. ROI is hard to measure for IT for most companies.

    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. :-)

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    Fuck systemd. Fuck Redhat. Fuck Soylent, too. Wait, scratch the last one.
  4. Re:Truck driving school here I come! by wasted · · Score: 4, Funny

    Craigslist can be a quick way to pick up small projects. However, ask for *weekly* payment.

    And make sure there is no misunderstanding or spelling errors - too many employers are willing to pay *weakly*.