While in Austin recently for some meetings at the Fieldbus Foundation I read a copy of the Wall Street Journal about the state of technology workers in the United States. The Population Reference Bureau estimates that approximately 7.6 million workers in the US work in technology fields and the low range is only 5 million. This is less than 5% of the work force. The problem would be MUCH worse if not for immigration as the percentage of this labour force that was born outside the country has doubled from 10 to 20% since 1990.