That's encouraging news! A good start, but still a long way to go before we get rid of the lame programmers who shouldn't be coding.

I had a good laugh at the stupid example of ``Mo'', the wet-behind-the-ears 22 year old who decides, straight out undergraduate CS, that he's too good for coding and wants to be a ``management consultant''. Hahaha. Wow, graduated this month and no longer plans to write code for a living! (Are they saying he actually wrote code for a living for a whole month? But then how does that illustrate that there are no jobs? I mean, a guy graduates, gets a coding job right away, and then decides he doesn't like it. Where is the programming job desperation there?)

Anyway, those types like Mo have always been around, regardless of the job market. Come on, the guy minored in economics and found his internships to be ``too focused''. Doh! I took one economics class and dropped it after one lecture because I'm a normal software developer type. I don't feel like I'm getting anything done if I'm not focused.

What does Mo have to do with anything? How do these stupid pseudo-journalists come up with these examples?

If you want to use an example to illustrate a programming job shortage, why not choose someone with experience and desire who's having trouble finding opportunities? Not someone who has little experience beyond school, and has instant management aspirations that put him at a ``higher level'' and considers development work to be ``basics''. Yeah, to paraphrase Dilbert's boss, it's all just a bunch of typing, with grammar errors and overuse of colons.

Yes, please, keep guys like Mo away from any kind of coding project, even if there are five vacant jobs for every CS graduate.

:)