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IT labor force demands might diminish within this decade (???)
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2002 15:01:06 -0400
------ Forwarded Message From: Philip Koopman <koopman () cmu edu> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University Reply-To: koopman () cmu edu Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2002 11:03:38 -0400 To: software-group () cs cmu edu Subject: IT labor force demands might diminish within this decade (???)
Gartner analysts took out their crystal balls and came up with a list of ten predictions that will impact enterprise businesses. The predictions cross over technology, economics, and social boundaries over that will morph during the next eight years.
One of their predictions is a shrinking IT labor force.
The concept is that like the agrarian industry, Technology will reach a point where IT system automation substantially lowers the labor requirements.
I think they are seriously underestimating the difficulty of getting the IT systems to really work, much less be dependable. But it is an interesting concept to consider over a longer timeframe. The full article can be found at: http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2885192,00.html Cheers, -- Phil Phil Koopman -- koopman () cmu edu -- http://www.ece.cmu.edu/~koopman ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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