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ah no. the current trend is to keep the entry level IT jobs here in the US due to language issues - Dell and HP recently pulled those jobs back to the US (help desk/customer service). I am in the midst of watching my retail company (selling products only in the US) outsource hundreds of IT jobs to India. They opened a 'branch' there - these jobs are solid middle class jobs paying anywhere from 45k to 100K+.

The IT jobs that are staying here are mostly H1B visa people - trained by those they replaced.

Lots of underemployed IT people around. I wouldn't want my kids in IT. Too bad, it's soon to be a lost ability.

I fit the management bill, and since I am not quite competent, I can’t seem to continue justifying reducing costs by outsourcing. So through my incompetence I now have to try to bring the work back on-shore, but am having a real hard time finding non-entry level workers who are as incompetent as myself. Maybe if you apply for one of my open positions we can find a match?

89 posted on 02/24/2008 6:02:47 AM PST by Woodman ("One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives." PW)