Sunday, October 25, 2009

How many IT guys does it take to update 10,000 systems?

I guess many of you out there are subscribers of InformationWeek on a monthly basis. There was an ad in the latest copy of InformationWeek named “How Many IT guys does it take to update 10,000 systems?” In order not to advertise them I will not mention their name in this post, but let’s see how they answered their own question: “System-wide updates at the stroke of a key…”

Now, can anyone tell me, because I may be blind or stupid, but what are the IT professionals for? Is there any possibility this company may say: “Now, you won’t need an IT guy, you can update and maintain 10,000 systems at the stroke of a key…?!” Companies like “Blah Blah” and recruiters of this kind land more recent graduates back at home

There are 7.2 million fewer jobs now than when the recession began two years ago, according to the U.S. Labor Department. Unemployment hasn't been this high in 26 years, with nearly 1 in 10 people out of work across the country.

Most of them can't crawl back to the home of their youth, get a hug from long-suffering parents and be served a free hot meal night after night. But plenty of new graduates can - and they're doing it more often, according to a Foster City company called CollegeGrad.com.

They began asking graduates in 2006 if they had moved back home after school. At that time, 67 percent of more than 2,000 respondents said yes. This year it was 80 percent. 

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