IT Employment Grew by Just 700 Jobs in 2023, Down From 267,000 in 2022

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IT Employment Grew by Just 700 Jobs in 2023, Down From 267,000 in 2022
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When everything is going wrong, the boss says "What do we even pay IT for?"

When nothing is going wrong, the boss says "What do we even pay IT for?"

Doesn't matter how important IT Security is these days or how many big corporations have been hit with ransomware, IT is still considered only important if there is an active security event, otherwise its a forgettable cog in the machine.

Expect more data breaches as more companies cut costs in their IT departments.

You dont fire your janitor when your hallways are clean.

Eventually they'll realize that IT is important and bring them back. Or, management will change and they'll go through the whole thing again

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Eh...they'll just pay the ransom like everyone else.

There are two markets for cybersecurity:

  1. Private companies who get it
    (of which there aren't many)
  2. Federal government
    (who lives on the nonstop taxpayer gravy train)

The manufacturing and engineering worlds still need people, and it dovetails well into our existing skillsets.

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