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IBM Moving Developer Jobs Overseas

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the unionize-now-while-you-have-the-chance dept.

helixcode123 writes "According to the New York Times (also on Yahoo News), IBM is planning on moving a substantial number of high level jobs overseas to 'India and other countries.' IBM argues, in essence, that they need to do this to stay competitive. The article quotes that Forrester Research '...estimated that 450,000 computer industry jobs could be transferred abroad in the next 12 years, representing 8 percent of the nation's computer jobs.'"

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  1. For the programmers in the USA... by Eric+Damron · · Score: 2, Redundant

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