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.