more on IBM, colleges: More top students needed

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: "Trei, Peter" <ptrei () rsasecurity com>
Date: May 20, 2005 10:45:52 AM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: RE: [IP] IBM, colleges: More top students needed


David Farber quoted:


> IBM, colleges: More top students needed
>
> By Mindy B. Hagen, The Herald-Sun
> May 17, 2005   9:03 pm
> DURHAM -- With a critical shortage of Information Technology workers
> projected in the coming years, it's crucial that university computer
> science departments do all they can to attract top students to the
> field, a local IBM official said Tuesday.

If they do so, will IBM give them stable, well paid careers?

This article has also turned up on slashdot (/.), the geek news blog:

http://slashdot.org/articles/05/05/20/0615225.shtml?tid=146&tid=187

The general tone of the comments is "Well, duh."

Undergraduates are perfectly aware of the growth of outsourcing,
and the effect it is currently has on the availability and
quality of IT jobs in the US.

Peter Trei
Disclaimer: The above represents my personal opinion only.







-------------------------------------
You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org
To manage your subscription, go to
 http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip

Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/