Title :
The Euro, Y2K, and the US software labor shortage
Author_Institution :
Artemis Manage. Syst., Burlington, MA, USA
Abstract :
Estimates of unfilled software engineering, management and support jobs in the US range from 100,000 to more than 300,000. Projects addressing Y2K repairs and euro currency conversion could push the total shortfall to 600,000 jobs. Since there is no reasonable way of filling this many jobs, many companies are deferring substantial volumes of normal software development and maintenance work. The paper considers the size of the YK2 and euro problems in the US and discusses software occupations and specialties
Keywords :
data integrity; human resource management; personnel; software development management; software maintenance; Y2K problem; Year 2000 problem; companies; euro currency conversion; management jobs; software engineering jobs; software labor shortage; software maintenance; software occupations; Application software; Computer industry; Embedded software; Engineering management; Filling; Personnel; Programming; Software engineering; Software maintenance; Testing;
Journal_Title :
Software, IEEE
