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Originally posted by _Q_
OK, I'll jump on my soapbox here. From around the mid 1990s to around the beginning of 2001, the IT market was artificially inflated. There were unrealistic expectations that anything connected to the Internet would make people very rich, and there were also some misplaced fears about Y2K, which drove more IT-related spending. The bubble eventually burst, and IT was no longer such a hot field. This seemed sort of inevitable; paying a marginal programmer $80K a year doesn't make much sense.
The competition from other countries has also contributed to driving salaries down. As an IT person, this doesn't bother or surprise me. I have a middle-class existence and I generally enjoy what I do. Although IT was the most visible casualty, I'm not convinced that any profession is "safe." So what's worked for me is doing work I like and being realistic about salary expectations.
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So you're not worried about losing your job and then being like one of those guys on slashdot who complains and once in a while posts something remotely witty about applying to work in India?
-Rudey