Do you people really belive this drivel? (Score 5)

I find this story really hard to swallow. Somebody should get in touch with Mike Schlenz and John Sacrosante and find out why they're really in a homeless shelter. (Of course, getting in touch with them might be a bit difficult since they don't have phones any longer) Degreed tech workers living in homeless shelters? I don't think so. 30 unemployed tech workers out of 100 men in Montgomery St Inn. ... Well, just because you held a position at whatever.com doesn't necessarily mean you were technical in any sense. (And notice that they use this "mongomery inn" as the entire basis of the "statistics" to back up their claims) This article has all of the earmarks of a typical piece of media fantasy:

1. A few weak statistics to "back up" their claims.
2. A "personal perspective" (interviews with individuals) to show that the statistics are true.
3. "Expert" commentary. (Ilene Philipson, the clinical psychologist).
4. Overdramatized prose. Like: a surprising number of former high-tech workers are rubbing elbows with society's castaways

Remember how we were being told that there was a terrible shortage of tech workers one or two years ago? Perhaps there was, but I certainly didn't see it. At the last two companies that I've worked for, I spent a significant amount of time interviewing SW-Engineer candidates. Time I should have spent programming. If there was such a shortage, then were did these people come from? (btw, most of them were very qualified)

Like most of what you see in the media, this article is partial-truths, rumor-mongering, hype and fiction.