Working in IT in America: Some Strategies for Not Losing Your Job to Overseas Outsourcing

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Working in IT in America: Some Strategies for Not Losing Your Job to Overseas Outsourcing

Posted September 30, 2004 | Leadership | Leadership |

I have worked in IT for nearly 25 years. I have written scientific software, tested software, deployed and maintained software, and managed other people doing these and other tasks. I enjoy working in IT, and I want to keep working in it. There are many IT professionals in the US who had this same desire but lost their job to overseas outsourcing.

About The Author

Dwayne Phillips

Dwayne Phillips has been a computer and systems engineer with the US government since 1980. He coauthored It Sounded Good When We Started, Working with People on Projects with Roy O'Bryan and wrote The Software Project Manager's Handbook, Principles That Work at Work , now in its second edition. Dwayne Phillips can be reached at d.phillips at computer.org. His Web site ishttp://dwaynephillips.net.

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Working in IT in America: Some Strategies for Not Losing Your Job to Overseas Outsourcing

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