Programmers' Pay Way Up, but Confidence Down

What are the trends in programmer jobs these days? Is IT industry back on track?

The following article presents a curious fact: even if programmers’ jobs get paid better and better, the overall confidence of programmers in their job and position is falling.

They want people with not only specific skills, but specific
experiences.

''The more specific you get, the smaller and smaller the pool is of people you
want to interview,'' says Foote. ''In the old days, they'd say they want five
years of Oracle and some Web services experience. When you say you want that
experience applied in the financial services industry, the smaller the pool of
people who can fill that need. That's when it starts becoming a supply issue.''

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