Depressing IT Job Prospects

[Tony E - Jaraeth]

Don't trust everything you see & hear on /. ... Take a look at all the 
media outlooks and gather a more average outlook on the IT market.  
Arizona, especially the Valley, are ripe for IT.  It's all in the local 
market, read your local paper such as AZCentral.com online, or pick up a 
trees worth of fiber & ink.  Flagstaff, Tucson, Prescott & Phoenix all 
vary greatly from one another as far as what is available for the IT market.

Ciao,

  Tony E
  "Raptus regaliter"
  jaraeth at phoenixwing.com
  http://www.phoenixwing.com/



storkus at storkus.com wrote:
> I've seen a pair of articles on /. about the depressing state of IT
> right now, and it's making me, well, depressed!  My plan was to go to
> community college in January (after getting my year residency here in
> Arizona) and fix what I screwed up years ago (dropping out of college),
> but now I'm wondering whether I'd be wasting my time and money.  Someone
> at an installfest a few months ago (sorry I forgot your name, I'm
> horrible for that) said to go for Network Admin because it's a fast
> course and pays well (I'm 37), but now that I see all this with,
> depending on how you look at it, 44k to 50k IT jobs gone this year alone
> and more to come, well...maybe I should resign myself to hospitality or
> driving for a living.
>
> Is this mostly FUD or is it really as bad as it's being made out to be? 
> Is Net Admin the way to go for someone my age, or is there something
> else I should consider?
>
> Thanks for reading my 3am thoughts.
>
> Mike
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