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Silicon Valley Rebirth?
broohaha writes "Using the analogy of fire clearing dead wood and making room for new life in a forest, there's a Newseek article out on the goings on in Silicon Valley these "post-bubble" days. Subjects briefly covered are Intel, Google, and Wozniak's new venture, Wheels of Zeus." It'd be difficult to be literally rebirthed from the thousands of tons of concrete that now seemingly cover the Valley, but hey, as a metaphor, it works.
Maybe its time for silicon ALLEY to stand up now against the overpriced, non-productive geeks whose job is reading slashdot all day -between the coffe breaks, taht is. Guess that is why software is so expensive nowadays.
"Actually, I'm not sure this is accurate. You are assuming that the American education system provides enough workers of sufficient quality to fill the entire demand for highly skilled workers. That simply isn't true (in Europe, either)."
It wasn't true a year ago, but it is now. Go read the message boards at Hot Jobs. There are very skilled Americans, with years of experience, who are on the verge of running out of employment benefits. I'm not saying foreigners aren't welcome, but we need to take care of our own.
"Well, good for you. Software is a global business these days. You can't hide you head in the sand and hope that "foreigners" will go away - because if you do, Silicon Valley will end up like Detroit."
You mean 80% Black? What's wrong with that? You must be a racist.
Knunov
Why do users with IDs under 100,000 or over 700,000 usually have the most worthwhile comments?
The american dream used to be "Work hard and you'll succeed". Now it's "The big gravy boat". And the last thing you want on a gravy boat is more people.
In summary, I hope you lose your job to a needy American. It's our country. Deal with it. Once we get stable again, you're welcome to come back.
Nice sentiment but I don't see it playing out that way. Your setting yourself up to be the steelworker of the 21st century...
I am not a number! I am a man! And don't you