235,000 Fewer Programmers by 2015

RonMcMahon writes "According to a CNN Money article, Forrester Research is predicting that there will be 235,396 fewer Computer Programmers and Software Engineers employed in 2015 than there are today in America. This is a 25% reduction in the number of positions from today's depressed numbers. This sucks. I know that many companies are moving work off-shore, but wow, that's half the population of Wyoming!"

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Re:Time for a career switch...

[macrealist]

I wouldn't assume that tech jobs are easy to move. India has a large population of smart and educated people, and it would take more than just lower wages to make another location look more attractive.

Tech jobs are leaving the US now not because India has lower wages, but because India has lower wages and is doing as good or better of a job at meeting customer requirements. People can make jokes about tech support that is hard to understand, but it is only a FUD joke. A lot of us Americans got fat and happy in the internet boom and lost focus, and now we are paying for it. India did not lose focus, it is benefiting now.

Don't fool yourselves thinking that the US is losing jobs just because wages are lower elsewhere.