IT Still Growing Fast, Paying Well

// January 27th, 2006 // Business & Politics, Technology

There’s no shortage of news predicting the slow demise of IT as a wellspring of opportunity in the coming years. That’s why this article on CNN.com took me back a bit, as it ran so counter to the counsel of my peers and the vibe of many industry trade journals.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 5 of the top 10 fastest growing, highest paying jobs in the next 8 years are in IT. I’m presuming the study is limited to the U.S. labor market, given the source.

Assuming you choose to believe it, it seems like a ray of light for those techies who sensed their once lucrative dot-com-esque salaries were soon to be a thing of the past.

Read more at CNN.com.

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