[harleyquinn]

The idea that there's not a lot of programming jobs and they're all being sent over seas is not really accurate. I'm a programmer in NY State. I make twice what my parents ever made in their entire careers, and I've only been working for 7 years. There's LOTS of jobs out there for programming, the companies I've worked at, overseas only does support issues, which frees up the programmers to do new development, which IMHO is more interesting and fun anyway.
Anytime I put my resume on Monster I get phone calls like crazy from head hunters and companies looking for people.