Whoa, this is a highly slanted report. Do not take this for face value. Wait, Wait. Before you ask me why. I just browsed it for a couple of minutes and saw a lot of glaring issues that would cloud his statistics. I WILL be digging into it deeper with some of my own research and provide my POV later.
Notice that his hiring statistics came from major software houses. These are NOT the majority of the types of companies that use search firms. Let's try adding in, to name a very few, Telcos, Insurance Co., Finance Co (banks, exchanges, etc), Start-ups, Out-sourcing, YA DA YA DA YA. The list goes on. Now, lets add in all of the other NON programming jobs such as DBA's, Testing, Documentation, Human Factors, Sys Admins, Project Managers, Sales people, Help desks, YA DA YA DA YA. The list goes on
AND THIS IS JUST IT/IS INDUSTRY, Add in Medical, Finance, Executive, YA DA YA DA YA. The list goes on.
I am a Chief Software Architect, a partner in a search firm, strictly a contractor/consultant, over 35, not a foreign national, I've got a little bit of first hand knowledge. |
