Today, all three of the traditional sectors of the economy—agriculture, manufacturing, and service—are experiencing technological displacement, forcing millions onto the unemployment rolls” (“End of Work”). However, there is a sector of the economy that is steadily increasing. The knowledge sector which contains entrepreneurs, scientists, computer programmers, etc. is expected to absorb some of the millions who will be jobless in the upcoming decades. “About 455,000 jobs in 2004” were occupied by computer programmers (bls.gov). A person who is fond of becoming a computer programmer should have a basic understanding of the nature of its work, the education and/or training required, and its current employment status.
A regular day in the job of a computer programmer consists of “writ[ing], test[ing], and maintain[ing] the detailed instructions called programs, that computers must follow to perform their functions” (bls.gov). Their tasks can be as simple as......
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