I've been playing with computers since I can remember. I absolutely love them, I learned logowriter when I was 10, installed my first linux distro at 11. I always saw myself going into the computer field. Now that I'm older I have other things to consider other than my interest in computers. Taking care of my family, having a life outside of work and learning, etc...
Looking around I'm getting mixed signals. Only a couple months ago I was seeing job ads for junior level programmers starting at $80,000, part time positions at $40,000. Not so much anymore. There is alot of talk about outsourcing as well. What's going on here? Is above median pay in computer science a thing of the past? Am I going to be underpayed and overworked? Is the IT landscape a fundamentally difference one from the one 5 years ago?
