Tech workers plugging back in, but for some jobs power has faded

A growing economy is producing the first sustained high-tech hiring surge since the dot-com stock boom’s collapse threw hundreds of thousands of technology professionals out of work five years ago.

Yet even though a cyclical recovery is creating good opportunities for many workers as employers scramble to fill openings, trends such as outsourcing are making it harder for others to find work.

The varying fortunes of tech workers in a healthy economy illustrate the paradox of an era in which highly skilled workers in a fast growing industry face challenges staying fully employed even in good times.

Nowhere is this more apparent than in technology, where rapid change is constant.

By Barbara Rose
Tribune staff reporter

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