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Software Is Hiring, But Manufacturing Is Bleeding
Nerval's Lobster writes: Which tech segment added the most jobs in August? According to new data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, tech consulting gained 7,000 positions in August, (Dice link) below July's gains of 11,100, but enough to set it ahead of data processing, hosting, and related services (which added 1,600 jobs) and computer and electronic-product manufacturing (which lost 1,800 jobs). The latest numbers reflect some longtime trends: The rise of cloud services and infrastructure has contributed to slackening demand for PCs and other hardware, eroding manufacturing jobs. At the same time, increased appetite for everything from Web developers to information-systems managers has kept employers adding positions in other technology segments. If that didn't make things difficult enough for manufacturing folks, the rise of automation has cut down on the number of manufacturing jobs available worldwide, contributing to continuing pressure on the segment as a whole, despite all the noise about bringing those jobs back to the U.S.
But not about the fact that Nerval's Lobster has ONLY ever submitted stories which link to Dice.
Which means timothy is promoting stories from other Dice staffers and utterly failing to mention that.
Look at the story submissions from Nerval's Lobster ... that posting history screams "shilling for Dice".
But apparently Dice doesn't have any issues with shamelessly pushing clickbait to their own stuff.
Fuck you, Dice.
How many of these positions are H1b?
In the fine lines you can read from the latest labor report that most/all of the new jobs in the US have gone to foreigners (mostly low pay). I'm wondering if the tech narrative fits in with that.
No, we're not producing less. the US is producing more then it ever has, more than ever other country except China and China only took over the crown a few years ago.
It's total BS that US manufacturing is in decline. There are fewer jobs in manufacturing, but an ever increasing amount of stuff is being made.
Manufacturing is coming back, but the manufacturing that is coming back is automated. The manufacturing jobs are not coming back.
I don't know if you can really say that.
I mean, apparently a majority of those muslims believe that a good jihad will land them in paradise with the 72 virgins.
I mean, hell, they don't have trouble finding folks to strap a bomb on themselves and blowing themselves up in suicide and taking a few infidels with them.
Why do you believe they'd not be willing to do it on a much larger scale, as long as many more infidels of the great satan are taken out with the effort?
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........
Kind of looks like the hope and change helped pull us out of the hole based on your info, as the total number of jobs is more than what it was before the recession. Seems like a rather odd remark based on the information you provided. Also the years you're seeing spikes in foreign labor beyond what was there before the recession are the ones where Republicans were in control generally...so again weird that you would use an anti-Obama comment. Did you actually read your own info?
Your assumptions are wrong. In fact, a lot of growth is the result of gains in efficiency. For example, higher energy efficiency, faster computers, better programming languages, more powerful motors, etc. all correspond to economic growth. A lot of other value that is created is better entertainment, scientific knowledge, medical insights, that is, valuable information.
You're making a false zero-sum assumption. In fact, some of the most successful sectors, like services, entertainment, and IT, don't rely on "moving resources around"; their growth is almost entirely due to the creation of knowledge.
You're like someone sitting in an airplane arguing that man will never fly. It's "fucking idiotic".