[mikester]

I've got my own thread on outsourcing but I just noticed yours. Out sourcing is alive and 'well' I guess.

I'm noticing a marked change in the way companies do IT - a lot of contract work out there now. They don't want to commit to employees, engineering teams, etc. I see a lot of potential to be a 'hired gun' but I have never wanted to travel a lot for work, I have never wanted to be a 'hired gun'.

I'm not pleased with the turn of these tides and I think the only way out is to change the focus of my career path. I'm not even sure what that means.

I have found that I am shunning outsourced services myself even so far as to go to the actual ticket booth at the theaters instead of the kiosk. I would rather give the teenager a job than use that kiosk.