Dismantling the Myth of IT Being a Dead-End Career 649
Lam1969 writes "Robert Mitchell says CIOs and other IT managers continue to bemoan what they claim is a shortage of good technologists. He suggests beefing up salaries and convincing young people that IT is a viable long-term career path would help to change this sentiment. Mitchell also says the threat of offshoring is overstated; rather, the problem is industry and the media have been 'complicit in propagating the myth that IT is a dead end.' From the story: 'First, the dot-com crash shattered the illusion that those in high-tech jobs would always emerge from economic turbulence unscathed. Now, students are hearing that a four-year degree in programming or engineering doesn't matter because all of those jobs will eventually go offshore to foreign workers at very low wages. A generation has been dissuaded from pursuing what is in reality a very promising career choice.'"
Shhhh!!! (Score:4, Funny)
We worked so hard to scare all those damned paper MCSE and brain dumpers away. Last thing we need is for them to come back and lower the avg IT wage again...
Well Duh (Score:5, Funny)
It's because you can't get dates studying "IT". Say you are in medschool or a doctor and they're all over you and it.
All three slashdotters who are married do not need to reply and tell me I'm wrong.
Re:Yeah yeah... (Score:5, Funny)
I heard of a guy who was taking a telephone interview with a head hunter for a contract job, it went something like this:
HH: They need someone who knows C-Pound, have you worked with it?
CS: I think you mean C-Sharp, yes, i've worked with it since the early betas.
HH: No, i've just talked with them on the phone, it's definatly C-Pound.
CS: They must be meaning C-Sharp, it's the new
HH: No, they said explicitly that it was C-Pound they were looking for, and not to accept anyone saying they had esperience in another type of C.
Bad News (Score:4, Funny)
A little outsourcing of my own... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Well Duh (Score:1, Funny)
Re:No different (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Interesting? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:No different (Score:1, Funny)
But now I have no pomotion opportunities. It's a dead end job. How I wish I'd stayed out of IT
Re:On Craigslist PHP MySQL developer $6.50/hr (Score:3, Funny)
Re:No different (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Use common sense - check the job boards etc. (Score:1, Funny)
Now i make 17.50 an hour driving a truck after class and i graduate in may.
Where can i start with a CIS degree for 17.50 an hour?
The thing is, the lifestyle is terrible. You gone all the time. You dont get "hours", you get trips with unknown completion times. A flat tire adds 3 hours on the day. A jerk in a Audi adds 15 minutes when you have to stop and beat him with a tire iron.... it makes for a lame-o day.
No Career (Score:1, Funny)
Re:No different (Score:3, Funny)
sometimes the ship jumps you.
Obviously only in Soviet Russia.