[vondur]

I'm sure if the economy continues its downward spiral, these software jobs will evaporate just like many of the others.

[pagekalisedown]

That reminds me of how people use to think that games were recession-proof before 2008 or so. Then the numbers came in. Quite a reality check when your sales drop by a third in a very short amount of time. All the big publishers took note.

[pnathan]

Depends on the industry it services. I expect the Angry Birds/Farmville -style software shops to collapse at some point.

However, shops that turn out embedded system components & other infrastructural support will keep chugging along.