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U.S. Programmers An Endangered Species?

Posted by michael on from the going-going-gone dept.

CommanderData writes "USA Today reports that US Programmers are an 'Endangered Species' and expects them to be 'extinct' within the next few years, replaced by offshoring and H-1B visa holders. They suggest people will manage overseas projects, become self-employed, or switch to other fields. What do my fellow code-dinosaurs plan to do before the asteroid hits?" A report on Newsforge (which is part of OSTG along with Slashdot) shows the flip side of the coin.

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  1. Endangered Species? by JUSTONEMORELATTE · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sweet! Now it's finally against the law to kill and eat me!

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    1. Re:Endangered Species? by jbrocklin · · Score: 5, Funny

      Not to mention, scientists will set up reserves with massive attempts to create offspring!

  2. Saving the species.. by D-Cypell · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sadly, programmers are particulally endangered due to their inability to mate in captivity.... or anywhere else!

  3. Well, according to the last debate... by Undefined+Tag · · Score: 5, Funny

    Didn't Bush tell us to go to a community college and educate ourselves so we can get higher paying jobs?

  4. Re:Programming versus Software Engineering by D-Cypell · · Score: 5, Funny

    Great!! So all the cool hacking goes of to india and us western programmers get the sucky work!

    I am claiming asylum in india based on the fact that every nerd has the right to hack code and eat curry!

  5. Re:Language issue by YankeeInExile · · Score: 5, Funny

    The language issue is that Indian programmers can, by and large, read and write English. Something that consistent readers of Slashdot will find American programmers are incapable of.

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  6. Re:Programming versus Software Engineering by TimeZone · · Score: 5, Funny
    Let me be very clear, you cannot design a program (software engineering as you seem to call it) if you have never written code.

    From what I've seen, most people cannot design a program even if they have written code.
    TZ