[lkrubner]

I hope you do not believe that graphic, because only a fool would believe that graphic. The title says:

"Projected Annual Growth of STEM Job Openings 2010-2020"

And then for "Computing and Mathematics" it says 52%!!!!!

Think about that! 52% annual growth! In an economy growing perhaps 2% or 3% a year, when things are good! That is absolutely ridiculous!

Also, note that this is a projection, and the projections on this subject have been reliably wrong. Consider the history of Bureau of Labor Statistics that I quoted above. They kept projecting growth when the reality was the loss of jobs.

Even if you make the charitable assumption that the 52% was actually a projection of all growth from 2010 to 2020, it is now 2014 and we know the first 4 years of their projection is entirely wrong.

The evidence is strong: computer programming is a profession that is shrinking in the USA.