There is a small grain of truth wherein our public schools have overwhelmed teachers that simply struggle to get through each day, much less take care of kids who don't have parents to motivate them to learn instead of hang out in the hallways all day. (My dad was a teacher.) The power to discipline kids effectively has been drained from teachers and staff to the point they barely dare send Johnnie to the principal's office for an attitude adjustment for fear of a lawsuit.
With that in mind, here is the age-old complaint that high school graduates are coming out of our schools either unmotivated to go to college or merely motivated to skate by doing as little as possible. This spirit of entitlement that really crosses most all generational lines is wreaking havoc with our country's ability to keep up. Granted, there has always been small pillars of people that come up with 95% of the greatest contributions, but those numbers are decreasing.
On the other hand, I do sincerely believe as well that companies are looking at their bottom line and cutting local workforces to the quick. Do we dare begin another big union movement that overhauled the work environment in the last century? Since politicos seem to wildly clamor for this magic global solution, I don't know if that kind of movement will ever return to the US, perhaps leaving companies to their own whims on cutting back on US workers and making up this supposed shortage in qualified IT professionals.
When I finally started getting into IT, it was very hard to find a job that didn't require 2+ years of experience. Unless you had an internship that turned into a regular job, you were stuck waiting for a break or working for scraps at a company that really could care less. I personally got lucky and was hired with Unisys not two months after I finished college, and I'm still working on the next degree.
Learn about Linux
Download Linux
Get Linux help
Grain of truth
Posted by: TK on July 09, 2008 09:26 PMWith that in mind, here is the age-old complaint that high school graduates are coming out of our schools either unmotivated to go to college or merely motivated to skate by doing as little as possible. This spirit of entitlement that really crosses most all generational lines is wreaking havoc with our country's ability to keep up. Granted, there has always been small pillars of people that come up with 95% of the greatest contributions, but those numbers are decreasing.
On the other hand, I do sincerely believe as well that companies are looking at their bottom line and cutting local workforces to the quick. Do we dare begin another big union movement that overhauled the work environment in the last century? Since politicos seem to wildly clamor for this magic global solution, I don't know if that kind of movement will ever return to the US, perhaps leaving companies to their own whims on cutting back on US workers and making up this supposed shortage in qualified IT professionals.
When I finally started getting into IT, it was very hard to find a job that didn't require 2+ years of experience. Unless you had an internship that turned into a regular job, you were stuck waiting for a break or working for scraps at a company that really could care less. I personally got lucky and was hired with Unisys not two months after I finished college, and I'm still working on the next degree.
End of soapbox. :)
#