Off-Peopling Continues as Silicon Valley Recovers

Profits rise in California's Silicon Valley. And company formation is brisk. But computer-industry jobs keep on declining. How Come?

It's not just cost squeezing through outsourcing and offshoring. It's also a seizmic shift how tech industries are getting stuff done -- with fewer and fewer people. The Valley could be a bellwether for other industries. See this CNET article.

Are we moving toward a world that almost runs on automatic? See The Unheard Talk About "Off-Peopling".