Not only are there more than enough new graduates pumped out of universities each year to fill the country’s available technology jobs, but some like Wadhwa believe that there are many more experienced IT workers out of the market who are unemployed or underemployed or unemployed due to age discrimination or those who left IT during a period of unemployment following a bust cycle. Additionally, there are many more business users who could be trained in IT skills if necessary. Wadhwa believes these workers could be easily “skilled up” in the event of temporary shortages.
An excellent article on the truth of employment in the IT field in the US, and why the H1B Visa isn't really in our nation's best interest. These observations about rampant age-ism in global IT are spot on accurate, and have become one of (if not the) biggest stumbling block for greying technologists.
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