[trcollinson]

I realize from your comments below that you would like to fight this idea that there are no Mexican-American computer programmers. But the census says otherwise, and they are known to be relatively accurate. These numbers may seem quite low, but the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that approximately 6.4% of computer and mathematical occupations are made up of Hispanic or Latino populations. If we extrapolate that out to the data on how many software engineers are in the US from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, ~600,000, we will find that there are ~36,000 hispanic and latino software engineers. There are also quite a few female engineers of various races, and of course, other races besides hispanic and latino.

Oh, and anecdotally, I know quite a large number of hispanic and latino software engineers. They actually have jobs.

[1] http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat11.pdf [2] http://www.bls.gov/oes/2002/oes_nat.htm