By: Stefan

Stefan — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:06:14 +0000

I’m glad to see that Barry’s Blog is alive again after so many months – thank you, Barry, for your newest report!
As you mentioned my homeland, Germany: Somewhere I have read very recently that the so-called “IT-Industry” (whatever this vague term may include) is now the 2nd-biggest German industry (in people? in money? – I don’t know), behind the classical German machine-construction (mechanical engineering) and before the classical automobile industry.
Moreover, some 10-thousands of job positions seem to be open for skilled Informaticians in Germany, for which the German universities cannot “output” large enough numbers of graduates per year (though – alternative explanation – maybe the salaries offered are not high enough such that the jobs are no longer attractive? – I don’t know).
Simple programmers and “code monkeys”, however, do not seem to be that much needed any more; they seem to have been out-sourced to India or China where there are millions of them. It is as we have been told at university when we were young: “The difference between an Informatician and a Programmer is like the difference between an Architect and a Brick-Layer”.
All right then – those were my 2 cents worth of comment.
@ BARRY once again: Further enjoy Hannover – I know the town quite well because I have relatives living there – if you need any cultural hints or tips for sightseeing, then send me an eMail and let me know.

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