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Old 04-29-2014, 10:38 AM
 
Location: Manhattan
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Not true, just boosterism.
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Old 04-29-2014, 11:14 AM
 
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TechAmerica Foundation : Cyberstates: The Definitive State-by-State Analysis of the U.S. High-Tech Industry

With tech industry jobs representing 5.4 percent of the private sector workforce and paying higher average salaries, fully understanding the tech industry’s significant contribution to the economy is critical. Cyberstates is the must-have resource.

According to that, 5.4% of Americans work in tech. So no matter how expansive this industry is, it's still a minority of people. It's a significant contributor to the economy that goes not employ large numbers of people.

Important parts of the tech industry are also in Asia. Go to Bestbuy. Samsung, Lenovo, Acer, Asus, LG, HTC, Huawei, ZTE, among many others.
Yes but as someone pointed out this industry is young. It has only been around for 15 maybe 20 years. You know how young that is yet how much has changed in that little amount of time?
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Old 04-29-2014, 11:22 AM
 
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Yes but as someone pointed out this industry is young. It has only been around for 15 maybe 20 years. You know how young that is yet how much has changed in that little amount of time?
Most people are consumers, not producers of tech.

The agricultural sector of the economy has been around for thousands of years. What percentage of the population works in that? Under 2%. Technology, mechanization, fertilizers have all substantially increased productivity in farming so you need comparatively few people working in agriculture.

That's just a sample. You are not going to get 25% out of 300 million people in the US working in tech. You only need a comparatively smaller percentage of the population in that industry.
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Old 04-29-2014, 12:32 PM
 
Location: Hoboken
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Most people are consumers, not producers of tech.
That's true of nearly every industry.
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Old 04-29-2014, 12:58 PM
 
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Its a good time to be a software developer.

- Signed: a software developer
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