#2 is off. The article says "the Bureau of Labor Statistics says that we don't need many more software developers" but the link provided (https://computinged.wo

#2 is off. The article says "the Bureau of Labor Statistics says that we don't need many more software developers" but the link provided (https://computinged.wordpress.com/2012/05/21/we-need-to-produce-far-more-software-developers-than-programmers-how-do-we-change/ https://computinged.wordpress.com/2012/05/21/we-need-to-prod...) says we need loads of software developers, but not as many programmers. From reading the BLS descriptions and some discussions on the programmers stack exchange I'd say programmers as far as the way BLS describes it are essentially intern/entry level software devs. They need someone else to give them direction. http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/4951/what-are-the-key-differences-between-software-engineers-and-programmers http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/4951/what-are...