…a great way to stay on top of the dynamic field of Opticianry and make some friends in the process.
…a great way to stay on top of the dynamic field of Opticianry and make some friends in the process.
I read this article yesterday and I’m just floored.
The topic is the CS/IT industry and waning university enrollment. This is my analysis of the problem.
People don’t want to get into computer related fields because
a) Businesses are dishonest about their IT requirements in order to influence visas and justify offshoring.
b) There isn’t a labor shortage in the industry despite what Mr. Gates says.
c) Why should people go into a field that prejudges your abilities based on age. It is very difficult to retire in the industry.
d) The tech bubble left a lot of people weary
e) HR people generally do not know what goes into hiring good techies.
If I sound a little bitter, you’d be right, but not for the reason you think. When I interviewed at Compaq, the people interviewing me didn’t know about CS/IT and told me that a degree in this field was “worthless.” I kid you not. All they wanted to know was a laundry list of programming languages that I write in and some general database concepts. This was around 2003, but I can almost bet nothing has changed.
Computer Science needs to sound cool before anyone would consider it. It also doesn’t help when bigwigs go before a Senate committee to complain of “brain drain” when there is a surplus of workers. Basically, there is no reason to trust the CS/IT market. They can cry foul all they like, but everyone knows that ultimately the industry is going overseas, it’s only a matter of when. In all of the articles I read, companies just want to have the pick of the litter like in the years prior to the dot com bust. Not only that, but many companies are threatening to offshore if the situation doesn’t change. This is ridiculous to say the least. One can not gain trust through fear. Potential techies are already looking elsewhere, why should they care if you go to Timbuktu? They are already choosing something else to avoid their jobs getting outsourced. It’s no secret, but just look at the newpapers and other sources for employment opportunity and it’s easy to see that the job market in IT stinks save for a few places. I chose opticianry so that my job can’t be outsourced. I really don’t care if they [the CS/IT]Â do.
Optician n. One who is extensively trained in the interpreting of ophthalmic prescriptions and applies that knowledge to obtain the optimum visual and safety performance for the patient in a pair of spectacles or contact lenses.
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May 13th, 2008 at 12:47 am
Spinoza (Flemish philosopher) Did you know he died of consumption as a lens grinder ..and he wrote Ethics.
Was also thrown out of College 1620.