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Jeff Skrysak feels pretty lucky these days. He's two years out of college and working as a senior Internet developer in Rosemont, Ill., for a large multinational company that manufactures fluorescent and HID (high intensity discharge) ballasts.

Jeff Skrysak feels pretty lucky these days. He's two years out of college and working as a senior Internet developer in Rosemont, Ill., for a large multinational company that manufactures fluorescent and HID (high intensity discharge) ballasts.

It's been a tough year or two all around the IT job market. With high-profile layoffs, some of the largest bankruptcy filings ever, and sagging markets, it became clear that IT salaries, which once seemed on a continual rise and which fuelled the growth of industries around IT recruitment, were not immune to the economic slide.