According to a report by Information Week, it is. It looks like the unemployment rate for IT professionals is 3.7%. which is close to the lowest rate reached at the end of 2001. Are things looking better for us? I think so. And altough things still look a little murky, it looks like the situation…

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Joel Spolsky, my favorite blog author, gives his advice to college students. The advice is also applicable to people that are just moving to programming fields. Interesting read — click on the link, below, to see the whole article. Joel’s Seven Pieces of Free Advice for Computer Science College Students: Learn how to write before…

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Stop Whining! That’s the general theme of this excellent article published in Software Development Times (read the article here). If you wonder who Ed Yourdon is, then do a search on Amazon.com and you’ll see. Needless to say, Ed Yourdon, is one of the most influential Computer Science minds that you’ll hear about. What’s more,…

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It finally looks like the IT industry is picking up. The signs are still mixed, but overall, I think, the industry is looking better and hiring is going to pick up. Here are three articles from News.com that support that view. Greener pastures–and wallets–for tech workers? — News.com article Tech services jobs increase — link…

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Adding Value…Growing CareersThe Employment Outlook in Today’s Increasingly Competitive IT Job That’s the title of the study published by Information Technology Association of America. This is one of the best I’ve read. A little long, but the content is great. Topics covered in the survey are:• Size of the IT workforce• Demand for IT workers•…

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I came across an interesting article, How To Survive The Coming Bust, recently — little dated, but still valuable. The author argues that you need to do the following six things to survive. 1) Provide Guarantees2) Analyze the business and provide a better solution3) Dramatically decrease the defect rate4) Create well-documented, maintainable code5) Provide better…

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Off-shoring high-tech jobs is a growing pain for U.S. professionals, especially now, when the job situation is still tough. See what’s happening in India where many of these American jobs are headed? In the article, Chitale discusses the mistakes companies make when offshoring IT work, his concerns that US companies will move their offshored workto…

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According to IEEE-USA, number of employed in IT-related occupations dropped in the second quarter of 2004. The drop in employed software engineers, programmers, and computer scientists is blamed on the continuing trend for U.S. companies to send jobs overseas, often called offshore outsourcing. So there you go, outsourcing is hitting us pretty hard, and encourages…

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This is a pretty good, useful resource if you’re involved in IT, or planning to become. This handbook shows Computer occupations, their outlook, stats, what to look for and more. Plus, it’s coming from the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, so you know it’s legitimate. Anyway, for computer programmer, they say to…

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This is not a joke. Some IT people are required to train their replacements from India, China, and others, and after they’re done, they are fired! Are you kidding me? That must really suck! Believe it or not, some big companies are doing it! This practice has to stop! Nobody wants to dig their own…

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