[NTLUG:Discuss] It must be true that IT is back...

[brian at pongonova.net]

On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 10:45:32AM -0500, Greg Edwards wrote:
> PHP is too small of a niche to use as a benchmark.  The market has become 
> dominated by Java, C++, and point and click case tools such as Oracle 
> Forms/Financials/etc.  The other trend that I've seen over the last year is 
> MS specific environments such as .NET, C#, and SQL Server.  If the 
> development world is any indicator of future OS market share then MS has 
> been kicking *NIXs butt over the last 12-18 months.

Possibly, but you're making the assumption that IT folks have only one
programming skill.

Anyways, this wasn't a debate on which programming languages are hot
at the moment.  I'm simply making the observation that the IT
industry, at least in Dallas, doesn't appear to be hurting too badly
based upon the not-so-random cross-section of subscribers to the list.

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for caps on H1B visas.  I just don't
believe the problem is as bad as is portrayed.

I've noticed the same phenomenon in the teaching field, that there's
this mysterious "shortage" of teachers.  Yet, schools in the Dallas
area appear to be flush enough that they can specify X years of
teaching experience.  Obviously, if they can set those types of
constraints, the school districts aren't hurting that badly. 

  --Brian