5 Jan
2012
5 Jan
'12
10:33 a.m.
> Very *very* few people's careers are going to
involve programming
> computers. One in a million, maybe, if that.
On Thu, 5 Jan 2012, Ethan Dicks wrote:
That is a gross exaggeration.
For 2006, the stats I could find without spending all morning, it
looks like this:
US Civilian Population - 230M
US Civilian Labor Force - 150M
Estimated number of "Computer Programmers" (Seried ID EEU80737101) - 700K
So as of a few years ago, in the US, it's more like one in 200 active
workers was classified as a programmer, not one in a million. One can
debate how many of those are "career programmers", but I think the
order of magnitude is close enough.
But, how is "computer programmer" DEFINED for the purpose of those
numbers? (What categories are available?)
If there is no category for "website designer", do they get counted as
"programmer"?
"I PROGRAM in DreamWeaver!"
In the opposite direction, I remember when computer programming was not
one of the choices for business activity on IRS 1040 schedule C - had to
choose something like "computer related manufacturing"!