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To: wooden ships who wrote (5194)	5/28/1998 11:19:00 AM
From: Trebor	Read Replies (1) of 42834

Another interesting twist to the Y2K problem is that government workers qualified to fix government computers are apparently fleeing for the private sector. This from a Y2K newsletter site: "It is getting increasingly difficult to keep relevant expertise in government IT departments. According to one vendor, the private sector recruiters are in a feeding frenzy. Just as governments are getting more aware of the problem and making progress, the employees essential to Y2K success are hemorrhaging away to the higher-paying private sector. One computer programmer told me she was leaving government this summer because she didn't want to be "some politician's scapegoat when this comes down on our heads." She noted that her department was being asked to add embedded chips and contingency planning to their workload. She added, "Lord, none of us know about that stuff!" The full story is at: y2ktimebomb.com

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