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IT Outsourcing Need Not Threaten Our Future
Xeo writes "The topic of the moment in a lot of people's minds is the outsourcing overseas of 'white collar' jobs. While many people are perhaps rightfully worried about this, there's an editorial on the subject that tends towards the other direction. It makes some very interesting points on the whole idea of outsourcing and what it means for the US at least."
Outsourcing need not threaten your future, there are plenty of new opportunities for aspiring programmers within the food service sector. Dare to dream!
occultae nullus est respectus musicae - originally a Greek proverb
i worry about.. being replaced with a shell script
Only morons moderate based on a sig.
Five years ago: "So, do you want me to install a scsi interface too?" Five years from now: "So, do you want cream and sugar in your coffee?"
The American worker is freed up to pursue a more efficient allocation of his labor.
Like reinforcing his home/cardboard box with duct tape.
Why don't you embrace your slashbotness instead of living in a dreamworld?
Why dont you make that comment to my face? My friend made a comment about food service technicians once. ONCE.
I know! Can I outsource my family? Specially the inlaws. That way we wont be visiting them anytime soon as travel to India is a bit expensive.
"Get Moose and Squirrel!"
No comment.
Americans? Tolerant? Have you ever been to America? or even just talked to a bunch of them? I have my doubts...
Washington DC (AP) - Citing the growing cost of running the Federal
government and the need to cut costs in order to reduce the budget
deficit, President Bush announced today that he was laying off all
535 members of Congress and transferring lawmaking operations to
a legislative support center in Bangalore, India.
"Hey, outsourcing is the way to go these days," said Bush at an
impromptu news conference where he announced the decision, adding,
"The American people want to see less government waste. Since every
one of those ex-Congressmen had a salary of $150,000, this move
will cut our costs by over $80 million per year, and that's not
even counting what we'll save on health insurance and retirement plans."
Sources indicate that the Indian replacements will be paidapproximately $250 per month.
The outcry from the newly laid-off Senators and Representatives
was swift. Ex-congressman Tom Delay said, "This is absolutely
outrageous. How can a bunch of replacements over in India run
Congress? What do they know about filibusters and committee
hearings, lobbyists, fact finding junkets, pork barreling and
PAC contributions?"
As he was being escorted out of the Hart Senate Office Building
by US Capitol Police officers, Delay complained that the newly
terminated lawmakers were only given 10 minutes to clean out their
desks and leave the building.
"I think it's a great idea," said Vice President Dick Cheney,
speaking from a secure, undisclosed location. "The American
people were fed up with that expensive do-nothing Congress
which didn't give the president everything he asked for. Our
new Indian replacements will be much more cooperative to the
President, which is what we all want."
Asked whether the outsourcing may be unconstitutional, Cheneynoted, "That's up to the Supreme Court to decide. But they never
pay much attention to the Constitution anyway. To them it's a
'living document' that will be different every day."
The new members of Congress seem thrilled with the attention they
are receiving. Speaking from the offices of All-India Legislative
Support Center Ltd. in Bangalore, new Texas Senator Ramchandra
Shektar Gupta told reporters, "The Indian people are very hard
working and we will do our best as US Congressmen and Congresswomen.
And we are going to have some fun too. Just think: we have $2 trillion
of the American taxpayers' money to spend!"
...especially if you happen to live where the outsourced jobs are located. It isn't outsourcing then.
Let things happen. Protectionaism just leads to a workforce stuck making buggy whips.
-- Slashdot: When Public Access TV Says "No"
Most of the PhD's I know of in Math are working as Actuarials or some such.
They aren't doing anything "innovative" or "creative". They picked up the degree because they like math.
Now, not every field can be handled with a notebook and pencil. Chemical engineering. That takes some money for research (and without research, you don't have "innovation" or "creativity").
If those engineering jobs go overseas, where will the people who will make the "innovative" or "creative" discoveries learn?
This article reads like someone falling off of a 100 story building.
10 floors down, doing okay.
25 floors down, doing okay.
50 floors down, doing okay.
75 floors down, doing okay.
90 floors down, doing okay. Based upon evidence collected at this point, there will be no problem when 100 floors have been passed.
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