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Article #7Re: Things you should know about being a computer programmer
From: Elat Lerner
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 01:31
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 01:31
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SoL (soundoflight@hotmail.com) writes: > What makes me really mad Elat, is that careers websites all over > Canada continue to list the current and future prospects for > engineers, programmers, etc as "good". In fact I dare you to find a > site that says anything but. That's easy. HRDC lists Computer and Software engineers in Ottawa to be in surplus. I know HRDC took their sweet time to publish this information but it is there now. > Students are still being encouraged to go > into these programs, and I think that this is pure insanity. Can you provide some example URLs to support your assertion. > Can tech > turn itself around? Possibly. Would I wager a $30,000 education on it? > Hell no. Well, I am glad to see some people questioning the hype. > Here is just one of those sites (from the HRDC): > > http://jobfutures.ca/en/home.shtml Have you checked this site recently? What tech careers do they list? What part of Canada? -- Labour market discussion for High Tech workers http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech
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