Re: Speaking of the programming job market...

Gregory L. Hansen wrote:
> Fortune magazine (March 21, 2005, p131), drawing on stats from the
Bureau
> of Labor Statistics, lists software engineering as one the expected
> fastest growing professional jobs. But "Basic programming is cheap
around
> the globe, so here in the U.S. it's over-- the BLS expects 1.3%
shrinkage
> in those jobs by 2012."
>
> What do they mean by "basic programming" versus software engineering?

The number of computer science majors in the U.S. and Canda has fallen
sharply, 23% in a single year according to a story in USA Today at
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-08-08-computer-science_x.htm ,
so a 1.3% decline in programming jobs -- basically zero -- may indicate
IMPROVING prospects for U.S. programmers in the future. I think
computer programming skills and knowledge of computer science are
valuable even if one does not become a professional programmer. Lots of
people have careers that are not directly related to their college
major.

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