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Both Taiwan and the US have suffered from wage stagnation for decades. In Taiwan, this stagnation may be related to a depreciation of higher degrees since the number of university graduates has been increased fivefold in two decades and IT related degrees have been amidst popular majors which lead to oversupply in IT workforce. In the US, this stagnation may be related to economic recession and reduced IT investment\/full-time positions, dropping IT enrollment, IT skill\/education-job mismatch, and increased reliance on IT contractors in an emerging IT gig economy. From a cultural perspective, \u201cstill under employment\u201d in a Confucian society which emphasizes face-saving that has value in its own right and it explains why some firms in Taiwan granted IT professionals a \u201cno-pay break\u201d instead of immediate layoff to cope with the 2008 crisis. 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