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Programming Jobs Losing Luster in U.S.
alphapartic1e writes "Yahoo! News writes "The U.S. software industry lost 16 percent of its jobs from March 2001 to March 2004, the Washington-based Economic Policy Institute found. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that information technology industries laid off more than 7,000 American workers in the first quarter of 2005. Gartner researchers say most people affiliated with corporate information technology departments will assume "business-facing" roles, focused not so much on gadgets and algorithms but corporate strategy, personnel and financial analysis. "If you're only interested in deep coding and you want to remain in your cubicle all day, there are a shrinking number of jobs for you," said Diane Morello, Gartner vice president of research.""
All you have to know is how to play petty office politics and sell people on useless shit.
Anyone with this attitude should expect to be rapidly outsourced, because it's much better to have such people working at least 7 or 8 time zones away from you.
No, for those programmers willing to pull their head out of their ass to realize that anywhere you have human interest you will have politics, they might find there is a lot of opportunity for programmers who actually care about the business side of things. If you just can't stomach that then go work for a non-profit or the government and stop whining that businesses don't appreciate your genius.
Yep thats the lesson. Some people refer to it as "Growing The Fuck Up".
You should try it sometime.
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