Posted February 21, 2009 - 12:23 am
Over the length of my career, the question of whether IT should become a profession (by the true and complete definition) or unionize has popped up a couple of times. I don't think unionization has really come up too often since the mid-late 80's when an entire army of students with strong work-ethic came onto the scene - willing to geek-out 24/7 for no extra pay. Turning IT into a true licensed profession never really seems to get traction, either. In the face of off-shoring, up-and-down economies, etc, we have still avoided moving down either path. The interesting question is, "What if" we had done one or the other 10 years ago. Where would we be right now?
