Comments on Saving to Inve$t: Results from 2008 IT Salary Survey

Thanks to Brip Blap for including this post in the...

2008-06-02T15:04:00.000-04:00

Thanks to Brip Blap for including this post in the first carnival of careers. Check out all the other great posts there.

@ Rakesh. Good point. Though if there is less corp...

2008-05-07T23:05:00.000-04:00

@ Rakesh. Good point. Though if there is less corporate spending there will less need for IT overall. From talking to other colleagues in the IT industry most have said that companies are reducing hiring (as opposed to more layoffs) which will increase the labor pool and drive down salaries (supply/demand).

Curt - I agree with you. You need a good product to sell directly without the middle man. I don't expect blogging to replace my day job, but hopefully to earn some passive income and talk about topics I enjoy.

Very interesting.I think the place to be is with I...

2008-05-07T12:07:00.000-04:00

Very interesting.

I think the place to be is with Internet product development. Most bloggers don't make much money, but a few due. Here is one that I found, savingmoney.com ($8000/month in sponsored links). I would like to find more, but my best guess is that the top pf bloggers (like Get Rich Slowly and Gather Little by Little) are bringing in 5-10k per month.

I think that IT salaries should increase with outs...

2008-05-07T12:06:00.000-04:00

I think that IT salaries should increase with outsourcing rather than fall. Outsourcing normally takes away the lower paying jobs (help desk, application developers). IT management still needs to be inhouse and they tend to command higher salaries. Hence the average should be higher.