[gedeon3]

Tell me about it. I was laid off by IBM in 2001 along with 12 other programmers, because the entire system we worked on, was outsourced to a company in India. I have not been able to get a job in the computer industry since then. And yes, I have gone back to school to upgrade my technology.
A myth? In my life and the lives of more thant 30 programmers I keep in touch with, this is reality. Of course, I am sure this is just an isolated thing. NOT.

[lelio]

According to the author, you just priced yourself out of the market. So look for a mud hut somewhere and maybe he'll give you a thumb's up.
What the author doesn't address is that the standard of living for the US has to go down, as the rest of the world isn't going to come up to ours anytime soon. Is that a good thing? Perhaps if you're the CEO of a company (you'll have cheaper labor) or currently depend on welfare (everyone else is going to get poorer). That's not a country I want to live in.

[mdmathis6]

Start your own small businesses with your 30 software knowledgeable friends, and compete with IBM. You have the advantages of being in the US, you know the markets and the systems. If IBM is being an ASS, Microsoft them like Bill Gates did 20 years ago!