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It's impossible to follow the news without hearing about IT jobs being
downsized or outsourced. For the survivors, salaries are down, while hours
worked are up. They've seen colleagues move from cubicle to collecting
(unemployment insurance) and have watched jobs go overseas faster than a
Concorde jet.
These are tough times for techies, but it's not all doom and gloom. Some IT
workers can actually come out ahead if they have the right mix of technical,
business and interpersonal skills, street smarts and perhaps a bit of
entrepreneurial spirit.

John Hawley, the director of workforce technology for Boston-based Decision
Logic, a division of TAC Worldwide Companies, advises IT workers to get PMI
certified, because developer certification makes them more competitive in a
tight market. He also noted that product managers, architects and business
analyst salaries are actually up.

"Get leadership expertise, and do mentoring," said Hawley. "Start taking
steps now. Assume you will be laid off in the next year. It takes time to
get skills and expertise."

Another way to remain employed is to understand how business works and learn
skills that reflect today's management philosophies. "IT workers used to
work in a very narrow scope and worked independently in a cube," said Ralph
Kirkland, vice president of human resource development of Houston-based
COMSYS Information Technology Services Inc. "Now there is more
collaboration, with fewer folks doing the work. There are more meetings and
more collaboration tools. It's not just cranking code." He says that IT
workers must understand these tools as well as why they are being used.

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