Do you think IT will make a comeback in the US?

[Deja Q]

Pay rates aside.

I'm still debating learning SQL server; I don't think there's a future and Aspergers' hasn't helped either... I couldn't begin to compete.

[billyskank]

1. Has it *really* disappeared?

I'm a UK programmer.

[slackmaster]

2. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH! HypnoToad said that word!

:nuke:

[Deja Q]

5. Which one?

I say lots of words.


'Comeback'?

[slackmaster]

6. That THING you are asking whether or not will make a comeback

Don't say that word! I can't hear THAT WORD!

[Deja Q]

7. Okay then, pick from the list, as given down over the decades...

:D

Data Processing
Management Inormation Systems
Information Systems
Information Services
Information Technology

and their new title:

1-800-I-N-D-I-A-4-U

[slackmaster]

9. That WORD, that HORRIBLE TWO-LETTER WORD

The one you meant as an acronym but people always pronounce like the word that is spelled the same way.

BTW go ahead and learn SQL Server.

[swag]

3. Yes,

Probably beginning in about 2006, then really accelerating in 2008 and beyond.

There are regional considerations too, of course. And if a massive worldwide financial crisis hits, as appears more likely with each passing business day, IT won't be in any worse a shitcan than any other occupational group.

[cheezus]

4. payrates aside, yes

There'll always be the need for techies.

[Deja Q]

8. Then check out this zdnet article that skewers low-cost situations...

people get what they pay for, right?

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Research/?p=186

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