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Jobs to India -- A Broad Look

Posted by timothy on from the is-free-software-outsourcing? dept.

dumpster_dave writes "Wired has an excellent 7 page article on the current and future trend and nature of IT outsourcing from the United States. The conclusion: the smell of inevitability--the economy will survive, though your job, as it is currently, will likely not. Outsourcing is expected to expand from Service and code projects to the creative aspects as well, with obvious correlations experienced in the manufacturing industry during the 70s and 80s. An excellent read that provides good coverage of the perspectives of players on all sides."

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  1. Duped article, so I'll dupe my comments by GreenCrackBaby · · Score: 5, Informative

    Rather than rehash what I said about this already, i'll just link to my previous post regarding outsourcing.

    Nobody ever talks about how this will affect our industry 10-20 years down the road!

    --

    "The market alone cannot provide sufficient constraints on corporation's penchant to cause harm." -- Joel Bakan
  2. Also see by nil5 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Bob Cringely has a good article on this as well, aptly titled "It's our own damn fault".

    Also, from another perspective is this article from the India Times

  3. Sorry to piss in your cornflakes, but... by IANAAC · · Score: 4, Informative
    The agricultural period lasted about 100 years, the manufacturing period lasted about 40 years, and the IT period about 20 years.

    Everything you mention above is still alive and well in the US. Perhaps not in the form you're thinking, but definitely alive and well. And guess what? Agriculture, manufacturing and IT have all overlapped in certain parts of the business process. Being an admin for a biotech company, I can tell you first hand that all three are pervasive in this industry.