I'd have to agree with you. I got laid-off on 10/01/2001 and I have not been able to find a full-time programming job in the field since. I live in the Austin, TX area and I'll be darned if I can find anything that an application programmer can do that will pay even close to what I was getting paid before I got laid-off. So, I've decided to pursue my MBA with a concentration in Information Systems, so that I can update my IT skills at the same time while I study to become someone's manager. It seems to me that the IT people I know have been hurting for awhile now, but the MBA's that I know are still working.
Add to the fact that the baby-boomers are going to be retiring soon and some of those management positions (that can't be outsourced!) will be open to people like me with some experience and an MBA degree.
IT, although cool, is pretty much of a hobbyist deal now, as no one wants to train or pay very well. Considering the schooling I've had and the abilities that are needed to write good code, I think that this is a mistake. I tell anyone who's going into the field, to be prepared to deal with low salaries for awhile and pinhead managers that wouldn't know VB code from Perl.
Linux seems to be the "next big thing" until something else takes it's place. I've got 4 Linux servers here at the house and I dual boot my laptop with XP/Kubuntu 64. As cool as it is, I'm not counting on finding an IT job when I graduate in June 2006 with my MBA.
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I'd have to agree with you. I got laid-off on 10/01/2001 and I have not been able to find a full-time programming job in the field since. I live in the Austin, TX area and I'll be darned if I can find anything that an application programmer can do that will pay even close to what I was getting paid before I got laid-off. So, I've decided to pursue my MBA with a concentration in Information Systems, so that I can update my IT skills at the same time while I study to become someone's manager. It seems to me that the IT people I know have been hurting for awhile now, but the MBA's that I know are still working.
Add to the fact that the baby-boomers are going to be retiring soon and some of those management positions (that can't be outsourced!) will be open to people like me with some experience and an MBA degree.
IT, although cool, is pretty much of a hobbyist deal now, as no one wants to train or pay very well. Considering the schooling I've had and the abilities that are needed to write good code, I think that this is a mistake. I tell anyone who's going into the field, to be prepared to deal with low salaries for awhile and pinhead managers that wouldn't know VB code from Perl.
Linux seems to be the "next big thing" until something else takes it's place. I've got 4 Linux servers here at the house and I dual boot my laptop with XP/Kubuntu 64. As cool as it is, I'm not counting on finding an IT job when I graduate in June 2006 with my MBA.
Best Regards,
Kalecomm