Re:Careers in IT/CompSci (Score 1)

There are many Fortune 50 companies with development staff in that age - I've worked in and with them so I'd disagree with you there.

As to the outsourcing and future of IT in America, the IT jobs that ARE being outsourced are the "code monkey" jobs.

The jobs that AREN'T being outsourced are IT mangers, designers, OM, etc and this is because design takes a knowledge of the business and a history. Contractors, by definition, don't have this. So, assuming the business strategy stays in the US, so will design, management, and some support.

Further, contracting companies themselves advocate a maximum of 30% on-shore, 70% off-shore mix. That having been said, many companies are trying to push that to 20%/80%. What they'll find (and many already have) is that 40%/60% is closer to the best mix.

So you're going to see companies somewhere in this experimentation cycle, but most will never surpass 20/80 and most, if not all, will quickly snap back from that.