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This part:
"If economic recovery delays its reappearance much longer, doors will continue to close.

While the demand has waned, the need still exists."

also Applies to Systems Engineers and Network Engineers. I believe that there are a number of positions that were necessary a year ago - and still are necessary. And I think these positions were sacrified to "the economy" as a short-term solution. With the economy in a downturn for longer than anticipated, these systems are deteriorating through neglect. Those that aren't being neglected are being serviced by consultants - called only to put out fires and patch together quick fixes.

The end result will be that when the economy does become prosperous enough to afford such so-called luxuries, or the problems reach the critical mass needed to recreate/hire for these positions, the work involved in repairing the systems will be enormous. I expect that at my next job I'll have to go in with a backhoe to straighten out the network and fix what "Tom down the hall who's good with computers" did while they struggled without the "luxury" of a network engineer.