Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/

["Tony Spencer" <tony AT tonyspencer.com>]

While I agree it's a harsh reality to accept for programmers this is the
normal progression of an industry.  The US often leads the path in
innovation but eventually the product becomes commoditized and mass
production shifts offshore to countries with more lenient labor laws.  Being
a programmer myself its sad to say but software has become a commodity.

T O N Y  S P E N C E R
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org 
> [mailto:internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf 
> Of Michael Czeiszperger
> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 10:08 AM
> To: Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/
> Subject: Re: [internetworkers] from the desk of Arianna Huffington
> 
> 
> On Jul 22, 2004, at 12:48 AM, Tony Spencer wrote:
> 
> > Jobless recovery?  Nonsense.  We are at the lowest 
> unemployement rate 
> > in 4
> > years:
> > <http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news? 
> > pid=10000103&sid=aE_tiJ8kecXY&refer=us
> 
> The general unemployment rate doesn't really matter, unless 
> we're planning on switching from our chosen fields.  The 
> unemployment rate for EE's is up 46%  in 2004 over 2003:
> 
> http://www.ieeeusa.org/releases/2004/022604pr.html
> 
> "The quarterly unemployment rate for computer hardware 
> engineers jumped dramatically from 6.9 to 9.0 percent, and 
> averaged 7.0 for 2003.  
> Computer software engineers saw their jobless rate fall slightly from
> 4.6 to 4.5 percent (5.2 for 2003); and computer programmers 
> experienced a drop from 7.1 to 4.6 percent (6.4 for the 
> year). The rate for aerospace engineers rose a percentage 
> point to 5.0 percent, and finished at 4.8 percent for the year."
> 
> The good news is the unemployment rate for computer 
> programmers is down, but unfortunately there's no way of 
> knowing if that's simply because they couldn't find work and 
> switched careers.
> 
> --Michael (BSEE '87)
> 
> ___________________________________________________________________
> michael at czeiszperger dot org
> Chapel Hill, NC
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