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Is It Getting Harder To Keep Good IT People?

From what I've been hearing from some IT employers and IT workers a like, it sounds like the tech job market has finally improved enough that people who are interested in changing jobs (for more money, better work environment, more challenges, etc.) actually have more and better options to do that now.

And that means companies that want to retain key tech people could begin finding it more difficult to hold on to them.

As the baby-boomers begin retiring over the next several years, some pundits are expecting an exodus of people who not only have solid tech skills, but also years of industry experience and business know-how. Is your company trying to talk any of those people into delaying their retirement? Are you getting a little bit nervous about who's going to fill that gap?

And what about the always-needed-IT-talent--like security pros? Is it getting harder to keep these people lately? What other IT talent is your company trying to keep—or afraid of losing? And what are you doing to keep them? Are you stuffing more money into pay envelopes? Are you thinking about bringing back any of the perks that had been shelved since the dot-com boom? (Whatever happened to that air hockey game table anyhow?)

If you're finding it tougher to retain IT talent, I'd like to hear about it. And if you're an IT pro who's looking at greener pastures, I'd like to hear about that too.

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