Many IT professionals wouldn't think of doing anything else for work. Through good times and bad, IT is what they live and breathe.

But as outsourcing of IT jobs becomes more prevalent -- and as downsizing becomes more likely in this slumping economy -- some IT professionals are considering career changes. But how do you make your geek skills transferable to other fields?

A new book attempts to answer that question. Debugging Your Information Technology Career is written by career counselor and former programmer/developer Janice Weinberg, who has identified 20 careers in which computer proficiency is an important skill. Among the examples cited in the book's press release:

Global procurement project manager
Technology due diligence officer
Cyberliability insurance broker or underwriter
Equity analyst, technology sector
Attorney specializing in computer law

Clearly if you're looking to bust out of the humdrum world of IT to try something bold and exciting, well, that option ain't on this list. (Maybe Weinberg's publicists are reserving sexier categories such as "crimefighter" and "geek porn star" for the paying book customers.) That aside, the book does promise readers "job-hunting techniques tailored to specific fields, including guidance in identifying employers and determining the most relevant aspects of their experience to highlight in their resumes, cover letters, and interviews."