Critical Shortage of IT Workers in Coming Years 1339
Juzzam writes "The Herald Sun reports that IBM and university officals are worried about the increasing demand for IT professionals and the decreasing supply of computer science students. From the article:
'The slope shows an unbelievable decline in computer science majors,' Astrachan said. 'There are smart people no longer even signing up to take our introductory courses. We need to fix it, or there's not going to be a U.S. work force in computer sciences.'"
I agree (Score:5, Funny)
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HA! (Score:3, Funny)
Whew, good thing we have India!
No Problem (Score:5, Funny)
Re:hire the unemployed IT professionals? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:For those who remain (Score:1, Funny)
Re:hire the unemployed IT professionals? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Supply and demand (Score:2, Funny)
Re:IP and copyright laws are the future of the US (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:No Problem (Score:4, Funny)
Hell, it worked for Accenture!
But why does the US need computer workers ? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:IP and copyright laws are the future of the US (Score:2, Funny)
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High-speed Pizza delivery"
Looks like we're down to three.
You forgot "lawsuits"
---PCJ
Ironic (Score:1, Funny)
Re:I was going to go in IT (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Pig cycle (Score:5, Funny)
As someone probably wrote. In 1738, with a feather.
Re:Pig cycle (Score:4, Funny)
"It would be nice to have that kind of job security."
- Samir from Office Space
A visit a highschool Talented and Gifted class (Score:3, Funny)
IBC Drone:"... and so that's why we would like some of you to consider a career in IT. Any questions?"
Gifted Student: "Isn't it true that the kinds of careers you are asking us to consider have jobs which are among the easiest to outsource to third world countries where labor rates are 1/10 to 1/4 what they are here in the USA due to much lower overall standards of living in those countries?"
IBC Drone: "Well, er, ummm... there will always be work in this field. We need lots of IT workers."
Talented Student: "Perhaps, but we'll have to migrate to Mumbai to get a job. Many of the companies in your consortium are hiring primarily in places like India and China and only doing minor hiring of contractors and temporary workers in the US."
IBC Drone: "Well, when business conditions improve we'll need more people in the USA too..."
Articulate Student: "Forget that crap, It seems to me that if you want any kind of job stability without having to move to a third world sweat shop you'd better stay as far away from IT and Computer Science as you can. Me, I'm going into patent law; plenty of money to be made and great job stability!"