>This article is using information collated in 1998. >I have met a lot of unemployed former Programmers though? >When I was younger I has no idea just how fas

>This article is using information collated in 1998. >I have met a lot of unemployed former Programmers though? >When I was younger I has no idea just how fast 40 would come. One downturn cycle in the economy, and poof--you're there? (I do believe our bubble is about to burst again?) >It does seem like certain young individuals come up with the most original ideas.(Certain, not all, and if you need to tell people about your brilliant ideas; your ideas might be very unoriginal?) >When I was in my twenties, you couldn't pay me enough to sit in front of a screen all day. I would crack one those 500 page phone books, and want to puke. As I got older, my priorities changed, along with my ability to study boring things. Yes, I said it. I find a lot of computing boring, and very tedious. Ironic?