> Was this the actual feeling at the time? I graduated college the first time in 1999, right before the Dotcom bubble popped. Outsourcing was definitely the bi

> Was this the actual feeling at the time? I graduated college the first time in 1999, right before the Dotcom bubble popped. Outsourcing was definitely the big scare. So much so that I initially designed my career around avoiding outsourcing the best I could. My plan was (and still is) to not just be a tech person (it has worked out ok, but may not be the best way). For all my electives I took business courses, and I started keeping up with the business side and finance. I wanted to be in meetings and offer solutions (at one job I had the title 'Solution Architect') to problems that may or may not be programming related. I do see this a lot more today. Where some of the best programmers are ones who ask questions, and figure out that the best solution to a given problem is no coding at all.