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IT's Last Hope — a Job In the Boonies?
GMGruman writes "Offshoring, cloud computing, automation, 'do more with less' — all of these have been chipping away at US IT workers' ability to have a job. But some companies now dangle a new possibility: Move to rural areas for lower-paying 'onshoring' jobs that can compete with lower overseas salaries. InfoWorld's Bob Violino talked to IT workers who've made the move and discovered that although it's no 'Green Acres meets Big Bang Theory' experience, a move from the big city to the hinterlands appeals mainly to just some IT worker segments, even as it provides new opportunities for others."
There are lots of jobs around, but employers these days aren't going to put up with someone who is going to surf /. all day long anymore.
What employers want are people who are smart, show potential, have shown growth and progress in their careers, can think as businessmen (as opposed to as "engineers"), and who are at least moderately well groomed.
We had to fire a bunch of people because they just weren't providing an ROI. The resources we have left are smart, capable of understanding our customers, and are focused on doing a great job. We pay very very well, and we haven't had to look overseas for replacements.
If you are still having trouble finding a job, maybe it isn't a time to look elsewhere. It might be time to look inward and figure out what your shortcomings are. Maybe you aren't really suited for an IT job (or any white-collar professional job).
The monoculture is what would get me.
There are only so many times you can be told that 'you just have to go to The Creation Museum.'
The last thing rural areas need is having to install an infrastructure to support power demands and creation of roads to ruin what joys the country offers. Suburbanization is a plague upon the environment and ultimately the health of all of us.
The best policy is actually to shrink urban areas and have support for cities supplied within the cities such as by indoor farms. And IT simply needs to stay totally superior to anything any other nation can offer. If we can not lead the pack we will perish. And that is not only in the world of computers. This world is harsh on those that fail to be clearly ahead and that applies to raising a chicken or creating superior hotel systems. I suspect that we are already a lost cause.