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Ask Slashdot: Moving To an Offshore-Proof Career?

Posted by timothy on from the alle-menschen-sind-auslaender-fast-ueberall dept.

New submitter sundarvenkata writes: I am sure most slashdotters (including the ones who had the I-am-an-indispensable-snowflake stance in the past) have already foreseen the writing on the wall for the future of tech professions (with IT being the worst hit) given some of the ominous news in the past few years: here, here and here. Of course, there are always the counter-arguments put forth by slashdotters that "knowing the business" or "being the best in what you do" would save one's derriere as if the offshore workers will remain permanently impaired of such skills. But I was wondering if some slashdotters could share some constructive real-life experiences of planning a transition to a relatively offshore-proof career. If you have already managed to accomplish such a career change, what was your journey and what would your advice be to other aspirants?

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  1. Security clearance by Tontoman · · Score: 4, Informative

    Find a job that requires a super-high security clearance.

    1. Re:Security clearance by Entrope · · Score: 3, Informative

      Citation needed on why it doesn't work so well. For one thing, railgun tech probably isn't all that highly classified. For another, offshoring to other members of the Five Eyes isn't going to reduce costs much -- and highly classified stuff generally couldn't be offshored anywhere that is much cheaper than the US. For a third, some highly classified stuff is NOFORN (not releasable to foreign nationals, even if they otherwise have appropriate security clearances and otherwise might have a need to know).

    2. Re:Security clearance by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

      Disagree with the above. While it is true that some things can be offshored, key technologies that fall under ITAR/EAR regulated by the State Department and Department of Commerce respectively require a US person to conduct the work.

      http://www.state.gov/strategic...

      https://www.bis.doc.gov/index....

  2. Re:installer installer installer by occasional_dabbler · · Score: 4, Informative

    Rubbish. I've been running since I was 18 but I just got my best ever marathon and half-marathon results at age 49, (2:57 and 1:22) Work has forced a year off this year but I expect to go even quicker next year.

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