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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.
Or deluded and capitalist and claiming it's possible for companies to grow by 10% every year forever ... or that somehow giving tax breaks to the wealthy and corporations makes everyone else's lives better ... or that corporations are entitled to strip out the jobs from the parent society to maximize shareholder value.
Sorry, but in its current incarnation capitalism relies on just as much delusional fantasy and bullshit as communism ever did.
And it might surprise you that many countries have struck a nice balance between having private industry and pretending like you can have a functioning society if nobody pays for it.
But keep making it into your idiotic partisan position, and keep on demonstrating you're an idiot.
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