The grass isn’t necessarily greener for displaced IT workers contemplating a potential career change, according to industry observers.
“They may skip over the border only to find out they’re in worse shape than they would have been had they stayed put,” said Carmi Levy, a London, Ont.-based independent technology analyst. “They’d be better off looking at newly emerging opportunities within IT and ensuring that their skill sets align closely enough to give them a realistic shot at getting a job.”
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