Software Engineers Ranked Best Job in America

fistfullast33l writes "CNNMoney and Salary.com have ranked the title of Software Engineer the best job in America. Computer IT Analyst also ranks 7th on the list, placing both technology positions in the top 10. From the article: "Designing, developing and testing computer programs requires some pretty advanced math skills and creative problem-solving ability. If you've got them, though, you can work and live where you want: Telecommuting is quickly becoming widespread.""

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Tar_Baby

[Commander Trollco]

Hello all. I am a teacher at a Tucson-area preschool. I keep a bowl of candy on my desk for pupils that have been *extra good. Tootsie rolls, peppermints, jollyranchers and all else. But this is no ordinary candy.
On nights after work, kept up late for "grading" pieces of string and glitter glued to construction paper, I am wont to take a break. I unwrap candies, insert them into my anus, and carefully replace the cellophane.
Sometimes the fecal residue even helps it to stick.
I take a quiet, serene pleasure in seeing who gets sick, who turns up missing for days or weeks at a time. The parents are the best; overcome with worry, in complete irrational fear- of everything except me. They don't know that I am poisoning their kids. Perhaps I will offer a lollipop to one of them. Yes, that would be interesting.
A little girl in my am group last spring. Her name is Patsy, with curly brown hair. She is not equipped with the strongest immune system... and she is dead. Her mother seemed distraught at best.

University Professor?

[Anonymous Coward]

University Professor isn't on here? Wow. It might not pay as well as software engineering, but you get summers off, and once you have tenure, it's impossible to get fired.

Then again, you have to deal with rapists on a daily basis, so maybe software engineering, although not as stable, is a better profession.

don't let anyone on slashdot know that

[Anonymous Coward]

People here revel in self-pity and bashing the so-called threat to their jobs from outsourcing... I wonder what this will do for their state of mind.

No wonder the head honchos don't take your incessant moaning and groaning seriously -- come on, if you get paid so well and your job is listed as the best (or even among the best), then how do you get off crying and moaning about jobs being created in countries like India and China?!

I mean come on, get off your lazy asses and get to work like every other working man and woman in America does.

Wrong! Being president is best

[mjc_w]

You can lie, damage the country, spy on citizens, spend billions needlessly, and kill or maim thousands and it's not your fault!