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Employment for computer programmers in the U.S. has plummeted to its lowest level since 1980—years before the internet existed

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Computer-programmer employment in the U.S. has reached its lowest level since 1980 .

The fall correlates with the introduction of OpenAI ’s ChatGPT.

The number peaked above 700,000 during the dot-com boom of the early 2000s but employment opportunities have withered to about half that today .