If so, you are functioning in the world of today s technology. Most of us use e-mail. Office workers use word processors and spreadsheets. Engineers use CAD programs. Postal workers sort mail using bar codes.
Doctors use CAT scans.
IT is a part of living, learning, and all types of work, not just the technical jobs. There is a need for at least one million IT workers in 2001 alone. Many of these jobs will go unfilled because trained workers are not available. The majority of the jobs will be in the small non-IT companies. Information Technology training should not be thought of as a separate, or disjointed program of study at the high school or post-secondary level.