Any IT people here? Quick question.

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You have to understand that the job market is not static. Many people got degrees in IT when demand for it was really hot. This resulted in flooding of the job market. In turn, reports of people unable to find jobs in IT has resulted in the exact opposite situation. Negative public perception of the IT job market and outsourcing has caused enrollments in IT and CS programs across the country to drop. (As an aside, low enrollment combined lots of recent faculty hirings means fewer academic jobs, which is particularly troubling for me as a nearly-finished Ph.D. candidate in CS).

The National Science Foundation has repeatedly reported that there will be a significant shortage of IT jobs in the United States over the next 10 years. This is due to the fact that current college enrollment in IT programs is not sufficient to meet the projected demand for these jobs.

So, the moral of the story is that it might not be "hot" right now, and people who are jumping ship are only helping to increase demand for IT professionals. Also, there is a HUGE amount of government/university money invested in recruiting and retaining people from under-represented populations such as women, blacks, and hispanics, in recognition of this projected shortage.

Like immersive said, the job market is not static. Technologies change, contracts are won and lost. And, it also varies from region to region, from city to city.

I say stick with it. Baby boomers are retiring, things will get better at the entry level. And, the more experience you can show while in college the better.

I've been working in the IT field for 13 years.

well, some of the boomers will go away, some are out on their @#$ and have to take an entry level job. Still, the person's right; it does change over time.

I did it for 25 years, and I'm not done yet.