The ACM boasts 80,000 members and the IEEE over 360,000. Both societies have committees devoted to the programming profession, and the IEEE has opposed the H-1B program. Then there are outright union efforts. Miano says the Guild is open to cooperating with unions, but has no plans to go after union contracts. Despite this tough talk, the guild won't get far, predicts Harris Miller, president of the Information Technology Association of America, a trade group that includes IBM, Intel and Microsoft.
Programmers tend to be individualists.
Coder Steve Minnerly begs to differ. Since graduating magna cum laude in computer science from Marist College in 1999, he's landed just four months of programming work. I'll probably have to wait a little bit. Send it . Use this version.