"Strong Labor Market for Scientists and Engineers" yesterday, "IT job security plummets five times faster than nationwide average" today. Hire & fire in IT is becoming mainstream - at least in the U.S. And politicians and deans still wonder why young people are still unwillingly to start a career in IT. The discrepancy between the self image of universities and scientists on the one, the always hand-wringing economy allegedly searching for IT professionals and the daily routine in the workplace gets more and more obvious.