The Blog of Harald

I’ve read a number of blog posts and longer articles about the state of IT jobs in the US recently. Between the tech bubble bursting, general recession, off-shoring, and rapid technological change, it’s impossible to figure out what’s going on. Alas, with two small children I want to be able to plan more than a year in advance…

Anyway, my thoughts on the subject haven’t really gelled yet, but I wanted to link to the articles:

• Halley’s Comment: What’s Up With Work?
• What Labour Shortage?
• Getting By In A Wal-Mart World (discusses productivity and the jobless recovery)
• Protesters Mourn Tech-Job Drain claims that offshoring will make more money for US organisations. But will that money go to R&D staff, or to CEOs and their shareholder buddies?
• Bidding Your Job Bon Voyage

There are others (particularly a long one on off-shoring); I’ll go hunt them down and add them to the list…