Comment IT means different things (Score 1) 631
Alot of jobs fall into three categories
1. LAMP, open source
2. Microsoft shop, ASP, SQL server
3. Java, Oracle, UML, design patterns.
Cat 1 and 2 you can get away with little or no formal degree. Cat 3 employers are looking for the degree, the experience, but these jobs can be offshored because these jobs are in fortune 500 companies that can afford to do such things. There are so many specialists involved in bigger organizations like QA, system engineers, test engineers, configuration management, security, etc. Big field, there is more than just programmer/analyst.