I like Uncle Bob’s writing, but that number is just wrong. On the same BLS site you can grab the numbers: https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#15-0000 h

I like Uncle Bob’s writing, but that number is just wrong. On the same BLS site you can grab the numbers: https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#15-0000 https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#15-0000 In 2000 there were 1.2M people working in programming or closely related professions by my count. In 2021 there were 1.8M. Things are a little weird because they changed some definitions, but I think that I’m taking the stronger case. 25% growth in the US is actually slightly faster than the last 20 years.