[RedBloodedAmerican]

I know several programmers who are making a good living at their trade, and with the same company for the past 9 years. The article is slanted.

[BrooklynGOP]

I know several programmers who are making a good living at their trade, and with the same company for the past 9 years. The article is slanted.

Several? I live in NYC, and practically everyone I know got laid off from the IT jobs. Those who didn't are considered to be *very* lucky. Unless you are in the industry you don't realize how bad it became. I lost my job in 2001 and it took me over a year to find the job I have today. I was looking for any job that paid $10 or better, too.

[Rebelbase]

No doubt there are a lot of people who are making a great living at programming and will continue to do so, as they are already networked into the industry.

We are seeing the beginning of an entire portion of a high tech service being sent overseas because its cheaper to get the same thing done here, done over there.

What happens when the next bank, and the next bank, and then a big investment firm, then Visa, MasterCard and American Express, etc. outsource all their customer service?...People are going to lose jobs. Its the networked environment we live-in, doen't matter where your physical office is so long as you are wired into the system.

No reason to shoot yourself, but its coming. I would recommend to anyone contemplating going into generic programming to have a backup skill that can offer the same pay rate.

[RaceBannon]

Programmers inthe Insurance industry up here in CT are now living in India and Malaysia.

Not Hartford.

[crazykatz]

And I know SEVERAL HUNDRED programmers, engineers and call center workers who have been replaced by H1B workers or had their jobs outsourced.

My straight flush beats your pair of deuces.