I have a degree, right, not in IT but computer science.
I've been looking for a long time for a programming job, what I would love to do actually. Unfortunately, no one is hiring. Instead, I worked in retail sales and various other not so admariable positions.
As far as IT is concerend, I currently work for a very large and very rich American company that is in the process of laying off IT people left and right. I might be seeing special circumstances because of the exact nature of the company I work for.. The reason I have my job is because a whole department got laid off. (Mind you, I'm basically a clerical person, and a research assistant for IT accounts payable. I make pretty Excell worksheets all day and call reps at IBM to ask what kind of contract this was.. etc.) In the cubicles next to me, there are about 40 on lease IBM workstations sitting around in a pile because the people that used to use them are now waiting in line at the unemployment agency. It's really rather depressing.
Screwed up? Hugely. The irony of what I do.. I'm really mad.. Oh well.
