IT suffers from so many problems.

1) No job security.

2) Poorly paid (considering the hours).

3) Shocking reputation.

4) Filled with nerds.

5) No women!

6) Generally, crap and boring work.

7) Crap managers looking over their shoulders waiting for the pink slip.

8) Plagued by "recruiters" and their shonky practices (frankly, I don't know why they are still in business).

9) Plagued by the likes of the ACS and ITCRA.

10) No political clout and hence irrelevant from a Government policy point of view.

Keep gobbling down the SSRI's losers.

I agree that more needs to be done to educate the IT guys of tomorrow. But I don't think a lack of interest is a problem. The kids of today use the internet constantly, they blog, they have facebook. They play Grad Theft Auto on their playstations/xboxs They use ipods, mobile phones (all of which rely heavily on IT). But they use them with a "black box" mentality...they don't care what goes on inside/how they work. What the IT educators need to do is turn that interest into a learning focus. More comms, more web programming at an earlier age. Also need to train up the teachers. I still remember being tought my first IT classes back in high school by an old crusty who barely knew how to turn on a computer (but could interpret binary and hexadecimal). That said it was over 16 years ago...

I went through a period where I could boot up and network mini-computers, but new next to nothing about PCs.

The currently stood-down NSW education Minister is a great fan of open systems

Do I care that less people are coming into IT. Absolutely not!!. It's good for the people that are in the industry. More negotiation power, higher pay.

Gloomy - Poorly paid - not. A lot of people just do 9-5 and nudge the $90-100K base. Or go contracting on an hourly rate. Then you'll LOVE extra hours, :-)).

Crap and boring work - not. More around a bit. Learn some business stuff as well. anyway, can't say Accounting for example is really exciting work.

Leopard predict gloomyshoe make medical industrys complaints by 2010:

1) To many indian and chinese doctor take job

2) Specialist over paids and smart ass

3) Bad Reputation for drunk and chase nurse

4) Filled with lunatic and bad temper

5) Nurse uglys and with rejections

6) Customer fat old mans with buttock problems not fun

7) Hospital administrator nasty and want fire gloomy

8) HR not treat doctor well without payrise

9) AMA pains and high fee

10) Kevin Rudds not support doctors well without understands

Gloomy never happy no matter what. Sure fact as world turns.

Have you run out of zoloft my little curry leopard?

"The human condition is suffering"

Therefore Gloomy is about as close to the truth as you're going to get.

$90-100k. Big deal. You can get that doing pretty much anything. People like their internet and playstations but you don't have to be einstein to know the work behind it is boring.

What? So everyone who likes music is going to spend 10 years learning the piano? People who like TV are all going to go and buy Dick Smith kits and become electronics experts? Yeah right, that got nailed and sent offshore decades ago.

They're all doing accounting and business because yeah it's boring, but you don't end up CEO making millions a year and getting bonuses sending IT jobs offshore by studying comp sci.

Um, how about they pay people more and stop being so arrogant with job requirements? Oh no we can't have those nerds turning into life's winners can we! Gotta pay those useless turds in HR and give a huge cut to the recruitment agencies.

Story should have read: "Gen Y and Z aren't morons."

I'm very impressed by Y and Z. They watched their parents get slaughtered and have learnt well without having to go through it themselves.

Well I won't be counting on living on a gov pension unless I want to starve!!!

Instead of buying a house I might just retire early and have a nice life in another country.....

who is more of a loser?

an ex-ITer who posts on an IT contractor board that all the other posters are "losers".

or a bunch of contractors who are willing to do the boring work for loads of cash, without complaining.

Guess who's back

Back again

DR_SUCK is back ,Tell a friend

Guess who's back, guess who's back, guess who's back, guess who's back,guess who's back, guess who's back, guess who's back..

I've created a monster, cause nobody wants to see Gloomy no more

They want GL, I'm chopped liver (huh?)

Well if you want GL, this is what I'll give ya

A little bit of weed mixed with some hard liquor

Some vodka that'll jump start my heart quicker

So If Brownie won't let me be

or let me be me, so let me see

They try to shut me down on

BrainBox

But it feels so empty, without me

Get it? RedDot .... bwhahahahaha. Bet they'd get a huge response in Bangalore. Bwhahahahahaha.

http://www.brainbox.com.au/brainbox/jobs.nsf/$all/57FF94A313978FEACA25746D000A6C84?opendocument

Gloomyshoes = Hawkwind?

Seems he back!

Gloomy seem man of problem and depress. Been there once mates losts love of pretty woman. Then spend ten days alone in wild in depress and angry. One night large leopard appear. Eyes fire red under moon light's. But without attack disapper in night. With life spare finds healing, inner peace and power.

Dr Leopard try prescription for Gloomy. Take leave in Australian wilds. Live with natives and wild dog in northern province. Find healing. Return to world new man. Natural always better than drug.

GL

The one thing that would depress me is to work in the IT industry.

Anyone that ever worked and is working in the IT industry is a loser!

"Anyone that ever worked and is working in the IT industry is a loser!"

It sounds like Gloomy just admitted what we all already knew: he is a looser...

Why drink and drive home when you can take drugs and fly home?

"Leopard predict gloomyshoe make medical industrys complaints by 2010:

1) To many indian and chinese doctor take job

2) Specialist over paids and smart ass

3) Bad Reputation for drunk and chase nurse

4) Filled with lunatic and bad temper

5) Nurse uglys and with rejections

6) Customer fat old mans with buttock problems not fun

7) Hospital administrator nasty and want fire gloomy

8) HR not treat doctor well without payrise

9) AMA pains and high fee

10) Kevin Rudds not support doctors well without understands"

Some of your best work so far GL. I loled :)

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LOL

Hope your not like 85% of your Indian "colleagues".

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Many_job_aspirants_give_fake_educational_documents/articleshow/3129453.cms

No one wants to Pay for IT it seams

MC