"Dig into" a two-paragraph blurb? Instead of looking at raw BLS statistics? Uh-oh...

Why are there so many people out there who can’t find jobs for a long period of time? [...]The simple answer is: Those who want a job, don’t have the tech skills that companies want.

Wat? No. This is head-spinning interpolation backed by zero real data.

People are unemployed because we're experiencing a significant structural economic shift, not because these people have "generic business" skills (wow, what a hand-wavey statement). Domestic manufacturing has been hit hardest, so those with double-digit years of manufacturing experience have had their responsibilities outsourced to other countries unless they're (a) building aircraft, or (b) working on specialized, highly-precise, machine-produced parts.

This is a great example of the tech-obsessed writing produced by the startup craze. Does anyone really believe people are unemployed because they can't code, given that software makes up less than 5% of our GDP? [0]

I can't believe this type of self-congratulatory pseudo-economic article hits the front page of HN. What a load of crap.

[0] See Table 3 of the latest BEA GDP release. Look for "information processing equipment & software" on Table 3, compare to the level of GDP in 2012q1:

http://bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2012/pdf/gdp1q12_2n...