[Lazamataz]

In that when demand goes back up supply will be short and it will be a buyers market for US developers.. Meanwhile work on small companies such as supermarkets and local hospitals until things change. If you're unable to find a customer to document experience in a new technology, then do a free project or two for your local church or little league organization.

You may have an interesting point. It is my opinion that outsourcing is a fad, not a trend. I started as quite concerned about outsourcing, but I've talked to a few people who are quite in-the-know, and they reinforced some thoughts that lessened my concern about it.

[mhking]

It is my opinion that outsourcing is a fad, not a trend. I started as quite concerned about outsourcing, but I've talked to a few people who are quite in-the-know, and they reinforced some thoughts that lessened my concern about it.

You may be right, but I can't get there yet.

[murdoog]

It is my opinion that outsourcing is a fad, not a trend.

This is the wild-card, isn't it? If it is a fad, the invisible hand will do its work and the American IT worker will come back. If it is a trend, America in general is royally screwed, because the usual market correctives won't work. I think the reason the discussion here gets so heated is because nobody knows for sure the answer to the fad/trend question.