@#10 Mary and @#16 Bill,

Foreign labor is definitely getting more adept at “high level” professions like programming (as opposed to CSR jobs). You could always try to get your foot in the door with a defense contractor or government agency. Once you get security clearance, your market value as a programmer goes way up, and that’s a job that can’t be offshored.

I would have a hard time recommending computer programming as a future, if you do. You got to find a niche. One that is paying off big for some is being willing to move to India or China and lead groups of programmers (engineers are finding the same). Having a American on site greatly reduces the communication and cultural problems.

I don’t see how this is going to change much till their wages come up or ours go down.

It’s about a couple who become self sufficient in their suburban home. The man turns 40 and decides he doesn’t to be reliant on himself only. His wife agrees so they turn their front and back gardens into vegetable gardens and also raise chickens, a goat, and pigs. It’s really quite clever and it’s not a new series it was put out in the 70s.

Anyway, a question about video games: I read your description of that article (a theory I’ve heard many, many times before) and an idea popped into my head. I’ve always avoided action games because I get overwhelmed and frustrated (same reason I alwasy sucked at sports). I like puzzle/adventure type games like Zelda, Mario, and Prince of Persia. But these games more or less only have one way to win in each level.
Now I’m thinking maybe I should start playing those action games to challenge some different parts of my brain. What action games do you recommend for Wii?

I got a fix to that – going back to school! For an industry that seems to be thriving – IT. I got my Bachelors in Geography, now going to a Tech College for an Associate’s in IT Programming. Kinda weird to feel like I’m taking a step back (instead of going to grad school or something), but I learned the mistakes I made in my undergrad, and in two years I will have a career.

A small site nitpick, because it’s been bugging me for ages – at the end of every article you have links to Digg things, share, etc. It also says to “Twit this” – Trent, I don’t know how savvy you are about social media, but quite frankly this makes you look very out of touch. No one refers to Twitter, or the act of tweeting that way, unless they’re mocking it. You should really change that.