IT skills crisis, reaping what we sow

The iT press are regularly concerned about a growing IT skills crisis and I strongly believe that this is entirely a function of IT management policies and  behaviour in the past decade. A talent shortage now shouldn’t surprise anyone after all the outsourcing, unsourcing and off-shoring. 

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Time please! The long hours culture is burning us out.

We are all supposed to be good little Europeans these days so why do we consistently break one of  the few EU regulations most likely to be of direct benefit to us?

I am talking about the European Working Time Directive, which in my view is not only an extremely well-intentioned piece of Euro-legislation but also very well-ignored by almost everyone Continue reading article »

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