[null and void]

Computers are no longer "new" and the bubble has burst. 6% or 7% unemployment is relatively low and normal. Get used to it.

Swervie, you are not so naïve as to believe the actual unemployment rate has any relationship to the reported rate.

I know you better than that!

And I know you know better...

[Servant of the 9]

Swervie, you are not so naïve as to believe the actual unemployment rate has any relationship to the reported rate.

I know you better than that!

I think your vision is skewed by the fact that the United 49 States, excluding California, are not having a recession and have not had one in the last 3 years. All the carnage is in your back yard.
Outside CA, and your industry, the GDP is growing, jobs are growing and the outlook is good.

So9

[JohnSmithee]

Computers are no longer "new" and the bubble has burst. 6% or 7% unemployment is relatively low and normal. Get used to it.

Swervie, you are not so naïve as to believe the actual unemployment rate has any relationship to the reported rate.

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A lot of IT people are simply leaving the field and so presumably are no longer counted as unemployed IT workers.