A lot of people tend to go to where the hype is. For instance if the money is in real estate, you will see them there. The same with IT. Some people think that they are going to get a lot of money for doing little work in IT and unfortunately in a lot of cases they get away with it.
In one of my interviews for a job, the code I was asked to write was a table in HTML. That shows intent by the company (which is awesome) but also ignorance by the person that was taking the interview. For whatever reason that person was there, getting paid a lot of money and there I was, to report or work with that person (should I accept the job).
Close to the year 2000, there was a survey conducted in London, which revealed that 10% of the IT personnel at the time was supporting the remaining 90%.
Sad but I have seen it and it all stems from managers not having the guts to keep the knowledgeable people and fire the ignorant ones.
In one of my interviews for a job, the code I was asked to write was a table in HTML. That shows intent by the company (which is awesome) but also ignorance by the person that was taking the interview. For whatever reason that person was there, getting paid a lot of money and there I was, to report or work with that person (should I accept the job).
Close to the year 2000, there was a survey conducted in London, which revealed that 10% of the IT personnel at the time was supporting the remaining 90%.
Sad but I have seen it and it all stems from managers not having the guts to keep the knowledgeable people and fire the ignorant ones.