U.S. IT jobs Down 400K Since 2001

Cryofan writes "A research study shows that American information technology industry 'lost 403,300 jobs between March 2001, when the recession began, and April 2004.' Over half of those jobs - 206,300 - were lost after the recession was declared over in November 2001. In all, the job market for high-tech workers shrank by 18.8 percent, to 1,743,500, between March 2001 and April 2004. And the bloodletting continues -- as reported here on Slashdot earlier this year, 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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Re:So how poor were YOU

[scum-e-bag]

Gaps are widening everywhere in the Western world. There is more money around for sure but it's not moving around evenly. How can that not be a recipe for envy and frustration?

The divide increasingly is not so much between those who have and those who have not, but those who know how to use what they have and those who do not.