IT Job growth
ITAA sees limited IT job growth in '04
The number of U.S. IT jobs increased by just 2 percent between the first quarter of 2003 and the first quarter of 2004, and demand for IT workers is expected to slow during the rest of the year, according to a survey released Wednesday by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA).
When I read that article, The one thing that did strike me is the comparision with lawyers and doctors and how they need to keep up with the current affairs. I know of many developers who dont want to install VS.NET on their boxes because all they will be working on is VB 6.
I have been feeling like giving up and being a cog in the wheel for the past few years. That is why I have been not so active in Microsoft newsgroups or in any of the mailing lists. I think I should change it. When I was participating in the newsgroups, I was keeping myself upto date with the MSDN.
How do you keep yourself interested? Sometimes, it just does not feel worth it anymore.