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Tech Jobs Projected to Double by 2010

Posted by timothy on from the depends-who's-projecting dept.

netbsd_fan writes "Today's Chicago Tribune has an article that claims that the number of coding jobs will double by 2010, and computer support jobs aren't far behind. It's hard to believe since I just laid off our last two Win32 guys Friday. Could this be a turning point in the labor market?"

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  1. Burning Karma by xaoslaad · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I think it is completely totally fucking tasteless to post a story that says something like "i just laid two guys off"

    you're so fucking proud. Yea it's a fact of life. But you boast about it like you take joy in it.

    Sod off bitch.

  2. Re:Sure they'll double -- in India! by netsharc · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Well, don't worry too much, Bush will bomb those countries and make them colonies of the USA so that the money does flow back into his pockets, errm I mean the pockets of USA, USA!

    India better watch out, so much brain power is a violation of the DMCA!!! They're not feeding their children Ritalin? What an abuse of human rights!!! Kids shouldn't suffer from the need to use their brains!!! And they have nukes! No one is allowed to have nukes except Dubya!!!

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  3. argh. by No-op · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    But the so-called lower-end jobs (and yes, I know that there are more advanced sub-divisions of each of these, but I'm talking about entry-level to mid-level) - Networking, System Admin, Hardware, Support - are pretty easy to get into.


    I don't know about you, but getting my CCIE wasn't easy, and I'll throw my skills up against any "programmer" any day.

    I get very tired reading about people who assume that programmers are somehow the elite. bleh. you're monkeys at the keyboards.

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