The sad reality of our field

There was a time where IT graduates were in demand. A diploma holder with no work experience can easily find jobs with starting pay of ~ S$1700 - S$1800. You dun have to be an expert in programming or design; juz learn on the job. The employer juz needs some IT savvy young blood to help them jump onto the www wagon. Those were the days...

I saw a post for job openings on the NUS student placement board recently. Look wat the requirements were:

Degree in Computer Engineering or similarKnowledge in Java, J2EE, JSP, Javascripts, XML, BEA Weblogic, SQL Server, IIS, Exchange 5.5, Wireless Communication, Pocket PC development, C++, C#, VC+, VB, .NET or Object Oriented Technologies

oh yeah baby. I think you'll be quite good if you fit some of the criteria. I've flipped the Recruitment pages on the papers recently as well. Out of a gazillion posts, there were only 2 posts under the IT section. 2. 2. yes. 2. there used to be at least ~20-30 openings on any given day. haiz.

Maybe i should find Shunjie and start our Geek Cafe idea and sell coffee instead. Then the only beans i have to know are coffee.