Where are the talented IT professionals?
I've worked with many systems in my life. I've been a Windows Network Administrator, Software Developer and a Systems Analyst. These experiences have equipped me with the ability to function well in most technical environments, even ones that are new to me.
Recently however it seems that my experience has been doing me a great disservice. While I was out working the industry changed. After the Y2K bubble burst there were so many people working in so many countries that I.T. could now take the 1000 Monkey approach. We no longer needed experts when we could have many people performing discrete tasks for less money. This would insure that no one technical employee would become too critical.
If you've worked in I.T. you've probably heard the expression "What if you get hit by a bus tomorrow?". Well management no longer has to worry about that, what we have now is an environment where assembly line I.T. is the standard. Where once you had people who cared about their server rooms and applications, you now have 9 to 5'ers who have a "Job in computers".
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