IT's Enduring Image Crisis

Iria · Jul 30, 2006, 04:16 PM

Source: eWeek
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There are no shortages of pronouncements of a full economic recovery from the post-boom recession years. Tech job cuts are at a six-year low, IT operational budgets are at the highest levels since 1997, and tech wages are at a five-year high, and this is just a gathering from reports issued this week.

Yet, IT still struggles to disengage from the forlorn image of thousands of layoff victims after the tech bubble's collapse in 2001. A report issued this week highlighted some outmoded views of the field, as well as the schism that still exists between insiders' and outsiders' perception of the occupation.

Jul 30, 2006, 04:16 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	IT's Enduring Image Crisis Source: eWeek ___________ There are no shortages of pronouncements of a full economic recovery from the post-boom recession years. Tech job cuts are at a six-year low, IT operational budgets are at the highest levels since 1997, and tech wages are at a five-year high, and this is just a gathering from reports issued this week. Yet, IT still struggles to disengage from the forlorn image of thousands of layoff victims after the tech bubble's collapse in 2001. A report issued this week highlighted some outmoded views of the field, as well as the schism that still exists between insiders' and outsiders' perception of the occupation.