IT career

Technology spending does not necessarily translate into technology job creation or of more importance to you, the safety of your job

Emerging information technology opportunities in compliance, document management, virtualization and business intelligence.

Many IT professionals complain about the drudgery of repetitive, 60-hour workweeks. It doesn't have to be that way. Just ask IT workers at Quicken Loans and the University of Miami.

[This week's Frankly Speaking -- now with links!]

How often do you hear about a program promoting IT careers to young people that's so popular that kids who aren't part of the program are actually trying to sneak in?

That's what the Society for Information Management has going in Memphis. At SIM's annual SIMposium conference last week, the organization talked about how its Memphis chapter has partnered with the local public library to run a set of "technology camps" where 12-to-15-year-olds get to play with bright, shiny gadgets - and meet IT people who talk to them about how the technology is used in businesses.