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Growth Industry in IT: Managers
The ranks of the IT manager corps soared by 60%, or 127,000 people, from 2000 through the first half of this year, according to an InformationWeek analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics employment data. During that same period, 209,000 computer scientists-systems analysts and 132,000 programmers have vanished from the American workforce. Looking at it a different way: in 2000, 6.5% of the IT workforce consisted of managers. Today, more than 10% hold manager positions. These stats don't necessarily mean the corporate suite is overcrowded with ex-coders. Not all managers are bosses. The government defines IT managers as those who plan, direct, or coordinate activities in fields such as electronic data processing, information systems, systems analysis, and computer programming. Simply, those with real responsibility for developing systems―even if they don't directly boss anyone―can be classified as a manager. For some, that's like getting a promotion without the raise. « Works In Progress | Main | When You Buy an iPod, who controls what you can play on it? » |
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