The rampant outsourcing of IT jobs could well sound the death knell for Australia's technology industry, an IT Manager Australia survey revealed.
ITM members were asked if students in Australia would be discouraged from considering IT as a career if offshore outsourcing continued to shrink the local employment market.

More than 90 percent of members said based upon current conditions, they wouldn't recommend information technology as a viable career path.

"I'd rather my kids opt for nursing as a profession--it has both local and global demand," said ITM member James Michaels, who works for a telecommunications company in Sydney.