How Will Recent Financial Downturns Affect IT Jobs?

Posted by timothy on Sunday January 11, 2009 @09:30AM from the queue-management-gets-new-significance dept.

An anonymous reader writes "So, with the financial crisis and loss of jobs everywhere, what are the chances of getting a good IT job? I'm going to graduate this year with a BS in Software Engineering majoring in Network Security. I'll be looking for a job as a penetration tester eventually, but I hear that is hard to get right out of college so I'll be looking for a job as a Junior Network Admin or similar type of job to start off in. Is there a lack of jobs in this field? I figure computers always need fixing so they have to have some sort of IT personnel on staff to maintain the core of their business. Anyone have a good insight on this issue?"

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Penetration Tester by Ukab+the+Great · 2009-01-11 09:43 · Score: 4, Funny

The good news is that there are some companies who'll see "penetration tester" on your resume and immediately hire you.
The bad news is that many of those jobs will involve creepy bosses and excessive amounts of astroglide.
Re:As an interviewer I agree by jez9999 · 2009-01-11 10:27 · Score: 5, Funny

Show that you can word with others
Word.

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Re:As an interviewer I agree by Anonymous Coward · 2009-01-11 12:54 · Score: 3, Funny

So when can you start?