[KC_Conspirator]

This has little to do with outsourcing work to India. This has alot to do with companies not spending on new projects until they get their financial house in order. The market sucks right now but I have seen some indications that people will start hiring again.

I also think alot of dot.bomb jobs went away. Those tech support jobs going to new "multicultural arts" grads (who don't have skills for typing) for 85k quickly disappeared when the dot.bomb bubble burst.

[gedeon3]

"This has little to do with outsourcing work to India"

you are wrong bubba. This is not the only reason, but it has a lot to do with it. I lost my job at IBM along with 15 other programmers(this just in our small group), because all the systems we maintained are being shipped to india. IBM alone has laid off hundreds of its people, mainly for the same reason.