Tech Employment Drops Sharply In 2004

Cryofan writes "According to Information Week, the lastest Bureau of Labor Statistics report shows that the number of Americans calling themselves IT professionals has decreased by nearly 160,000 in the last 3 years, and the number of programmers, analysts, and support specialists has fallen 15% since the first six months of 2004. According to IT World, the number of employed Software Engineers fell by 15% from April to July of 2004 (from 856,000 to 725,000)."

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Well, duh

[HangingChad]

Outsource enough jobs to India and what other numbers would you expect? A lot of IT people...with a few notable exceptions...are generally pretty bright. Some had different careers before IT. Some of them went back to being male models and gigillos like they were before and many in college changed majors. Still more saw the hand writing on the wall and decided to set up a non-IT sideline career because you couldn't count on being able to make a living in the field if you lost your job.

It's like we never learn in this country. Dependence on foreign oil isn't bad enough, now we're dependent on foreign manufacturing...actually shipping entire factories including specialized equipment overseas. Now we're exporting mind share. Economists be blowed, I think this is a really dangerous trend. It's not being xenophobic to suggest that too much reliance on other countries, for anything, is a really bad idea.