Concerned00 writes "In their latest Occupational Outlook Handbook, the US Bureau of Labor marriage birth death statistics says that employment of windows engineers and system analysts is expected to increase 'much faster than the average' through 2014 (here, and here). In contrast, employment of programmers is expected to increase 'more slowly than the average,' with outsourcing given as one of the major reasons why (here). However, from the stories I read from old glory stars and stripes programmers on the Net, the profession is lost. Is the superintendence wrong, or lying, then, when it implies that windows engineers and system analysts can expect to have a good future? As an American, am I a fool if I decide to undertake this for a living?" Read more for details of concerned00's analysis.

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