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Date Posted: 15:45 14/11/24 Thu
Author: Cakewalk
Author Host/IP: 60-242-58-228.tpgi.com.au / 60.242.58.228
Subject: There's an element of truth to this but I think the same rules still apply as always...
In reply to: Hiwire 's message, "It doesn’t sound too much different to the greater job market, especially for the newly graduated" on 08:07 14/11/24 Thu

I've been in the IT industry for 15 years. And even when I finished my main studying back in 2012, it was the same story then. Very hard to get a job doing what you studied to do. It required a bit of humble pie to take an entry level job when you'd studied to be so much more than that.

I went on to spend much of my time contracting, earning bugger all, doing the "dirty work". I worked my way up the chain to find myself in a comfortable and relatively safe position. And I think that's a familiar story for most people of my generation onwards. They started at the bottom and worked their way up.

The older generations were a bit luckier in that IT was a newer concept and not as competitive. If you were "handy with a computer". You got the job.

But even then and still today, I think generally, the best workers are still rewarded with the best jobs or are the ones that keep those jobs. Whether they are local applicants or otherwise. I don't think you can blame companies for that. Work experience matters.

The outsourcing, moving to cloud, AI, etc... yes, that can take away local jobs and is a shame. But every industry suffers (and benefits) from innovation. It requires a bit of luck to not pidgeon hole yourself into a role that will be obsolete in years to come. Especially in IT. With things moving so fast, that can be hard to achieve

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Yeah was easier in 1999 -- Tim, 18:39 14/11/24 Thu
That’s called life. Would assume it applies in every industry. It did mine. -- Gifty, 19:58 14/11/24 Thu
- Agree -- Cakewalk, 20:32 14/11/24 Thu
- Definitely some truth to that -- Tim, 20:46 14/11/24 Thu

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