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Business IT is no longer good for entry level workers. This has become dominated by Indians, both on and offshore, that compete on cheaper price.

This is quickly changing in the industry. I have a particular client that spent two years developing a business application in Asia and wanted my company to come on board to manage the project. Upon completion of an extensive source review it became very apparent that the application was missing critical business needs and had an absolutely pathetic architecture (or lack thereof).

I ran some numbers for this client and showed them how they could develop a better product here in the states for the same amount of money by utilizing highly skilled programmers who also took time to learn the business domain that they were dealing with.

This account is now being done completely by my company and Asia is history.

Also, business programming is, and will always be, more lucrative financially than game programming. The game programmers work horrendous hours for comparatively little pay. I can take a decent programmer on as a subcontractor and have them making over $100,000/year if they show the motivation. Games are a waste of time...

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they could develop a better product here in the states for the same amount of money by utilizing highly skilled programmers who also took time to learn the business domain that they were dealing with

Although their IT skills were laughable in the beginning India is coming up to speed and they are starting to dominate the newer business IT skill sets. The pool of highly skilled business programmers in the states is declining. And about half of IT projects get butchered by the local talent so why not have the project be butchered for half the price overseas?

If I were 18 right now I wouldn't go into IT but to Wall Street. Financial services are cyclical but the skills can be used play the new world economy game.