No Shortages – Especially of Complaints
Today I ran across this article in Baseline magazine that questions if there really is an IT labor shortage. It reports that the idea of a shortage is popularized by lobbying groups trying to convince congress to increase the number of H1-B visas. I mentioned a looming IT talent crunch back in January.
This newer article quotes several experts and reports that state there are plenty of IT jobs available, just not high paying ones that Americans are willing to take. Instead companies are bringing in low-paid workers or just sending the work offshore.
I think this new article is closer to the truth based on the large number of comments from people that have actually lost their jobs due to outsourcing or offshoring.
But companies will always want to save money. It’s the main reason we don’t make shoes in New England, steel in Pittsburgh and grow apricots in Silicon Valley anymore. If you are running a company, how would you handle IT? If you are starting a software company with your own money, where would you do your programming?

















