John Jaffa

Bucks

Programmer

Bullshit!

If the IT industr and software development in particular is demanding 130,000 more IT graduates per year then where are the job offers?

The so-called skill shortage is being manufactured by two elements:

1, The continued insistance of companies demanding only young graduates whilst persistantly refusing to suppport continued training of current staff.

2, A ploy to pursuade the government to open the doors to thousands of young IT immigrants, or to justify off-shoring.

The real problem lies at the heart of directors and senior managers. Whilst they are dependant on IT they are intimidated by it through lack of understanding. Thus they demand knee-jerk solutions to the problems they perceive.

We need IT seniors with business and management skills at director and senior manager level. We need to cease age prejudism. We need a framework to encourage companies to invest in continual training for staff. Finally, companies need to make an effort to understand the motivational requirements of it's software development staff.