SK> located in the "Silicon Valley" in the San Jose area, discussion about
 SK> programming jobs came up one day at lunch. Several of the attending
 SK> teacher-participants had picked up newspapers and looked at the want
 SK> ads, and were floored by the number of jobs available for programmers.
 SK> All in all, with the space division of Rockwell (where my hubby
 SK> works) being bought out by Boeing last week, it game me a good feeling
 SK> that we won't go hungry since there are so many C++ programming jobs out
Me thinks that people are mis-reading the advertisments. There is a huge 
demand currently for software engineers and other college degreed indiviuals 
who program in C++ and other object-oriented programming languages. These are 
not the "programmer" jobs of the eighties when one could learn a programming 
language and not have to have a college degree. In today's market the college 
degree is a given. I'm for teaching anyone who has the interest a programming 
language. However to equate knowing how to program in C++ or anyother 
language as an automatic career calls for a serious reality check.
 SK> there that he could choose from.
 SK> Sounds to me like kids with the good fortune to get set on the
 SK> programming path will have a job waiting for them?
 
They also are the ones who get set with math and English. I;m not at all sure 
that ten years from now there will be a market for C++ programming just look 
at the "programmers" who were Cobol Programmers, RPGII programmers 
etc...todays hot language is tomorrows antique.
Contract programmers are getting $100-$140 per hour to write in Lotus Notes, 
as soon as there are more who bodies then the wages will drop. 
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