>>> So guys and dolls, while there is a software market - enjoy it and profit from it. Just be prepared for a major career change within the next 10 years - if there is still a world as we know it today. :) <<
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>Dear Chicken Little <g>,
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>My, we're in an upbeat mood today, aren't we?
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>Who knows, you may be right. But I fully expect there to be strong demand for programmers for at least the remainder of my working life. I don't know what languages or tools I'll be using, but I'm pretty sure I will be developing software for the rest of my career.
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>I do agree with you on the fanciful Software Engineer label. Even with more focus on things like quality control and best practices the past 10 years or so, it's still as much art as science. And still remarkably error-filled compared to true engineering disciplines. As someone said, "If architects built buildings the way programmers write programs, the first termite that came along would destroy civilization." <g>
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>Mike

Mike;

LOL! Watch out for those termites! :)

Tom