So we've reached the point where you say the (presumably average) salary for programmers didn't go down between 2000 and 2004. And I am at least one data point

So we've reached the point where you say the (presumably average) salary for programmers didn't go down between 2000 and 2004. And I am at least one data point that shows that it did (and I know of plenty others). I wish someone actually had data for the time in question, as opposed to anecdote. I find the question quite interesting, and would like to know the answer.