No mention in this article of the effect of global outsourcing on an IT career. That is a critical part of choosing a career path, as plenty of companies...

@vandana - there is an excellent "staircase" series by Dave Durant at http://www.sqlservercentral.com/stairway/72399/. Also, anything by Gila Monster (Gail Shaw) is well worth reading.

@Grant - reminds me of company management that still sings the song "If we just buy this off the shelf product, we won't need a development staff." Uh, yeah...