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)."

Comments

Re:Get a Democratic President

[pitdingo]

no kidding, he was president when the Internet took off, which incidently, was created from research funded by a Republican President, not that robot Al Gore. By the time Clinton left office, the dot com bubble had popped and jobs where being lost everywhere. What did Clinton do to keep things going? NOTHING!

GOP last controlled Prez, House, Senate in 1929

[Cryofan]

Before GW Bush's term, tHe last year that the GOP controlled all three branches of American govt was...1929....

So, it is more than just the presidency that is important.