From: Spudboy100@aol.com
Date: Fri May 10 2002 - 20:03:58 MDT
In a message dated 5/10/2002 9:32:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
cryofan@mylinuxisp.com writes:
> Well, I am sorry, but I think my questions were relevant. I have some
> knowledge in this area (I work in the software field, and I am a
> former educator). Your age and education are vital for any advice I
> might give. I seriously doubt I would even recommmend many people
> pursue training in the IT field unless they already have a degree and
> are young.
I agree that many jobs are available to the newly, minted, bachelors degree
graduates in mis or computer science, however, to suggest that the field is
closed because of age discrimination doesn't seem to to all that applicable.
There are lots of people with msce's, mcp'd, and the like who are indeed,
employable. This disappointment is for people who have had to face cruel
reality since the dot.com bubble burst, and the 9-11 recession.
When the economy recovers, even if its not as vibrant as in the 1990's,
should provide cohesive employment for most applicants. There is now a
revival, for example, in the need for cobol programmers, because of the
discarding of old systems, yet maintaining the software. Oracle is in high
demand as is networking and especially network security. I like the
suggestion that linux and unix will still be in strong demand, and that
hardware chieftans and user support types have a decent future.
One troubling area is regional trends. Some of the rustbelt will not recover
anytime soon. So the need to relocate is to be strongly, evaluated. Ah well.
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