Seattle Is Now a City Full of Male Computer Programmers

by Charles MudedeWorking in Seattle... Charles Mudede
Gene Balk's new column concerns "the most common job in Seattle." It used to be retail sales (a part of the service economy), and is now software developers (a part of the shift from the post-industrial service economy to a post-service one). Using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Balk determined that the city employs 60,000 programmers. This is a booming industry, and it is certainly claiming a larger chunk of the second- and third-