I've worked professionally in the IT industry for about 16 years. Here is part of my history. On time, I worked as a consultant at a well known financial firm outside of New York for years. I had to train another worker tor assist me in doing the job. After 6 months I was laid off, and he replaced me. I sure at $10 less an hr. Just before I left, he still had to ask me questions which should have been elementary. I know that he certainly wasn't up to the job when I left. I still work in IT and I had to take a major pay cut. All the businesses see is cutting cost. I took a temp job at a web hosting call center. I worked there for about 10 months and found another job thankfully. It is a good thing I did. Six months later they closed the call center and moved the jobs to Bulgaria. I see certain parts of the IT industry going straight down hill. There's an old very true saying, " You pretty much get what you pay for."