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10-20% seems high; even right now, programmers make up about 1% of the US workforce and computer and mathematical occupations combined account for less than 3%
by jsprogrammer 10y ago
10-20% seems high; even right now, programmers make up about 1% of the US workforce and computer and mathematical occupations combined account for less than 3% of the US workforce (halve the numbers to get percentage of US population).
- AnthonyMouse 10y agoThat's the current percentage of professionals, which is likely to increase. It doesn't include many "programmers" whose occupation is listed under engineering or finance or management or security, or anyone who does it as a hobby instead of an occupation. And why do you expect the students and retirees who constitute the non-working half of the population to have a different long-term composition?
- jsprogrammer 10y agoThat's self-reported, current occupation [0] collected by BLS. [0] http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat11b.htm http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat11b.htm
- AnthonyMouse 10y agoPlease explain how that contradicts anything in the post you responded to.
- jsprogrammer 10y agoPlease explain where I must contradict the parent post.
- AnthonyMouse 10y agoThen thank you for agreeing with me?
- jsprogrammer 10y agoIt just seems like, if someone is being paid to program, as in your example, the BLS would count them as such.