But is eBay part of the software industry?

No, but does that mean you're no longer a programmer? No longer a part of the software industry?

M&S are retailers, but they have a huge and important IT department. It has existed for 30 years or more. I believe they were one of the first private company owners of computer, but I cannot find that reference. They have their own in-house standards, development model, testing strategy etc. They have their own IT careers structure and training program.

Their core competency has historically been retailing, but they have many other string to their bow.

Did they cease to be part of the consumer retail industry?

Are they not a part of the financial services industry? And the Travel & Leisure industry?

They have a huge fleet of large trucks. Are they not also a part of the Transport industry?

That company was, of course, bought by eBay.

If Ebay had wanted Real Estate expertise, Sales people and client base, they would have bought one of the huge traditional US real-estate brokers. They didn't. They bought a (smallish?) web-based Real Estate company. What were they buying?

20 years ago, Laser eye surgery was not a part of any concept of the Eye Care or Health Care industries, but can you deny that the many providers of that service are now so a part?

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In reply to Re^5: Where are future senior programmers coming from? by BrowserUk
in thread Where are future senior programmers coming from? by tilly

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