Michelle Obama is challenging governors to make it easier for military members to transfer their skills to civilian jobs.
I want to commend her for doing so and challenge her to include veterans and others who served their country rather than go to college who have done computer programming for decades but can no longer find work because of the same issues that Mrs. Obama noted in her challenge to our governors.
Today a video was released by the software industry giants about how they can't find qualified people.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nKIu9yen5nc
In this video you will hear senior level individuals state how easy it is to learn programming, and as somebody who has worked in the software industry since 1984 I share their sentiments