From USAToday:
Say goodbye to the American software programmer. Once the symbols of hope as the nation shifted from manufacturing to service jobs, programmers today are an endangered species. They face a challenge similar to that which shrank the ranks of steelworkers and autoworkers a quarter century ago: competition from foreigners.
Some experts think they'll become extinct within the next few years, forced into unemployment or new careers by a combination of offshoring of their work to India and other low-wage countries and the arrival of skilled immigrants taking their jobs.
Here's the full article:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/techinvestor/industry/2004-10-14-programming-jobs_x.htm
posted @ Tuesday, October 19, 2004 10:31 AM |