That makes no difference to spreadsheet monkeys. I have seen thousands of years of experience and training in high end jobs thrown away, not commodity positions, because they made the numbers look good. They then went to work for the company's competitors. I predict spreadsheet monkey, which probably means you, are great candidates for replacement by AI as optimization can be done better by a machine than a human.
Also in your calculus you have forgotten:
1) Consulting companies overseas show case their best employees first and then over time replace them lower skilled workers. Enjoy!
2) In order to give less than a 90 days notice Indian workers must "buy out" their employment contract. This destroys free market forces in the labor market and increases the probability of working with unmotivated disgruntled employees.
4) The infrastructure overseas often is non-existant. What I saw was US workers working weekends and nights to coordinate with overseas workers because not only was working over time either illegal or culturally a "no-No", but also due to the fact there was no internet available in their homes.
I predict that if you spreadsheet monkeys keep your jobs over the next few years, I wouldn't bet on it, you will have lots and lots of fun coordinating far flung projects.
Always secure your admin console. Make sure they do not ever listen to remote addresses, 127.0.0.1 is a good address to use. Also make sure it have a nice long secure password and after updates and patches test the login. Negative test it. That's just basic DBA work. It can even be scripted.
So it just automating and pipelining Statistical Analysis with maybe some Genetic Algorithms, Neuro Networking, Simulated annealing etc. thrown in for optimization? If that is the case that is what I got from my independent reading.
They set wage levels and even collude to drive down wages[*]. When they set pay levels for a company they are collective bargaining, for management and the stock holders, as much as a union does. Why shouldn't human beings be allowed to do so as well? Or are they not people too?
[*] see the Apple, Google, HP wage collusion case.
They are not "challenges" or "opportunities", they're fucking problems. It's not "cost restructuring" it's firing people over the age of 40 because it looks good on a spreadsheet. In addition: "value proposition" -> will people pay for the shit you're selling "sharing economy" -> slave labor "Reagonomics" -> fucking laissez faire economics that failed in the 1800s and won't fucking work now "innovation" -> financial shell games by a bunch of thieving pig fucking bastards "market efficiency" -> stealing others labor "release 3.0" -> release 1.0 (if you're lucky) of a steaming pile of shit software that should never have been release "Software Engineer" -> fucking code monkey "Spin Meister" -> this is an interesting term. It seems to be related to the German work "spinnen" meaning to lie or tell a tall tale. In other words a fucking master liar.
Feel free to add a few more or your favorite examples of Newspeak.
The fallacy to that is the initial costs are huge and the entire project is risky. No company in their right minds wants it no matter how much there is an overall economic argument for it. Only government can take these kinds of risks.
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We can't get rid of H1Bs,. Where would we get our indentured servants?
citation please
Those countries are much more protectionist than the US. They have already started the trade war.
And adjusted for inflation, stagnant or dropping wages.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda...
"Unless you are very very sharp"
That makes no difference to spreadsheet monkeys. I have seen thousands of years of experience and training in high end jobs thrown away, not commodity positions, because they made the numbers look good. They then went to work for the company's competitors. I predict spreadsheet monkey, which probably means you, are great candidates for replacement by AI as optimization can be done better by a machine than a human.
Also in your calculus you have forgotten:
1) Consulting companies overseas show case their best employees first and then over time replace them lower skilled workers. Enjoy!
2) In order to give less than a 90 days notice Indian workers must "buy out" their employment contract. This destroys free market forces in the labor market and increases the probability of working with unmotivated disgruntled employees.
3) Slippage due to language, timezone, and cultural differences. See http://www.cio.com/article/243...
4) The infrastructure overseas often is non-existant. What I saw was US workers working weekends and nights to coordinate with overseas workers because not only was working over time either illegal or culturally a "no-No", but also due to the fact there was no internet available in their homes.
I predict that if you spreadsheet monkeys keep your jobs over the next few years, I wouldn't bet on it, you will have lots and lots of fun coordinating far flung projects.
At HP we used to say "India is where software is sent to die".
layoff 26000 US employees. Hire 25000 workers. Trumpet how you hired 25000 workers
What, pray tell, is "True Capitalism"? What conditions are required for it to exist? Has it ever existed? Can it ever exist?
And don't say "deregulate" because that trick never works.
If it means better tax revenue and fewer workers on welfare then it's a win.
Always secure your admin console. Make sure they do not ever listen to remote addresses, 127.0.0.1 is a good address to use. Also make sure it have a nice long secure password and after updates and patches test the login. Negative test it. That's just basic DBA work. It can even be scripted.
It doesn't work. See the laize fair economics of the 1800s. I have real world evidence to back me up.
Bullshit and lying is capitalist SOP. See wall street, defense contractors, oil companies, automakers (hello GM and Volkswagen!), and many many more.
But the answer is obvious, deregulate! Let the invisible hand of The Free Market Prevail!. Just like it did in the 1800s!
Well seeing how uber is already losing huge sums of money either none or the straw that breaks the camels back.
So it just automating and pipelining Statistical Analysis with maybe some Genetic Algorithms, Neuro Networking, Simulated annealing etc. thrown in for optimization? If that is the case that is what I got from my independent reading.
I thought so. Everything I have read makes them at a deep level not much different.
They set wage levels and even collude to drive down wages[*]. When they set pay levels for a company they are collective bargaining, for management and the stock holders, as much as a union does. Why shouldn't human beings be allowed to do so as well? Or are they not people too?
[*] see the Apple, Google, HP wage collusion case.
Tech improves but business fundamentals never do. Or is it different this time? A whole new paradigm? With no down side?
Same old misinformation. The real thieves are the CEOs
How is this different from extrapolation or multivariate analysis?
I smell selling vaporware.
They are not "challenges" or "opportunities", they're fucking problems. It's not "cost restructuring" it's firing people over the age of 40 because it looks good on a spreadsheet.
In addition:
"value proposition" -> will people pay for the shit you're selling
"sharing economy" -> slave labor
"Reagonomics" -> fucking laissez faire economics that failed in the 1800s and won't fucking work now
"innovation" -> financial shell games by a bunch of thieving pig fucking bastards
"market efficiency" -> stealing others labor
"release 3.0" -> release 1.0 (if you're lucky) of a steaming pile of shit software that should never have been release
"Software Engineer" -> fucking code monkey
"Spin Meister" -> this is an interesting term. It seems to be related to the German work "spinnen" meaning to lie or tell a tall tale. In other words a fucking master liar.
Feel free to add a few more or your favorite examples of Newspeak.
It's *Herr Trump* get it right.
The fallacy to that is the initial costs are huge and the entire project is risky. No company in their right minds wants it no matter how much there is an overall economic argument for it. Only government can take these kinds of risks.
And they don't care about building it to withstand earthquakes either.
As is any highway project but the overall ROI is massive.