If offshoring is not bad enough news for tech workers rapid advances in technology could also eradicate many U.S. programmer jobs. A recent News.com article cited Gartner analyst Donna Scott's prediction that, "over the next 20 years, changes in computing technology will erase the need for much of the work that employs information technology staff today." And that by 2024 "companies will employ half the number of people they do today in these areas." Hopefully, a robotics boom or some other technology boom will offer engineers and programmers new opportunities outside of data centers.
