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There was an artificial employment boom created by the Y2k bug and the speculative market around the dotcommers. That boom has passed, and I'd be willing to bet that IT employement now is comparable to pre-1998 levels.

As someone mentioned earlier, those with true skills manage to survive. Note: having an MCSE doesn't necessarily constitute "skill". Can you switch from a Novell 3.x server, to Linux, to OpenBSD, to a Cisco Catalyst 6000, to a Genicom line printer...all in the same day?

Can you design a XML backend db app, then go install a tv-capture card for someone?

The days of specialization are over.

Jeze, sounds like one of my days. I keep the PCs perking for about a dozen small to medium businesses in a rural West Central Missouri town. If I could only do one thing, I'd starve.

Can you switch from a Novell 3.x server, to Linux, to OpenBSD, to a Cisco Catalyst 6000, to a Genicom line printer...all in the same day?

heh. I have done all those things, but I hate printers, especially Genicoms, they are evil incarnate.