They'll be asking the question how come they can do similar work as you and me and are willing to be paid 1/5 to 1/10th of what people in the US earn, but they shouldn't get the jobs?
Umm... maybe because the cost of living in those countries is 10-20% lower than in the US? I would gladly code for $8-10/hour if it would allow me to pay off my student loans each month and move out of my mom's house, but it's just not an option where I live (Oregon). When you add up all the expenses (rent, utilities, food, student loans, car insurance, gas) there's not much (if you're not already in the red at that point) left over for emergencies, entertainment, or even savings. For those that suggest I use public transportation, I do, and would more if it didn't take over an hour to go 20 miles. Whoever thinks outsourcing is good for the US either has never been *forced* to work a job with no real possibility of upward mobility (no I don't want to be manager of a pizza hut, I want a job that stimulates me to actually LEARN something) or is sitting pretty somewhere in the 'upper tiers' of society.
How will this affect ticket prices? For some 'strange' reason I have a feeling that ticket prices are going to go up. As if $8.50 for a (non-matinee) ticket isn't bad enough as it is.
I wonder what type of games he had his subjects playing. It seems to me, from personal experience, that playing MMORPGs are(or at least can be) a little more interactive than playing single player games. For example, I used to play Ultima Online, and I played with a group of the same people pretty regularly. We used VOIP to communicate with each other while playing. It seems to me that something like this would have an effect on your brain waves because you're interacting with other people while playing the game. It would be interesting if someone did a study about the difference between MMORPGs and single player games with this in mind.
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They'll be asking the question how come they can do similar work as you and me and are willing to be paid 1/5 to 1/10th of what people in the US earn, but they shouldn't get the jobs?
Umm... maybe because the cost of living in those countries is 10-20% lower than in the US? I would gladly code for $8-10/hour if it would allow me to pay off my student loans each month and move out of my mom's house, but it's just not an option where I live (Oregon). When you add up all the expenses (rent, utilities, food, student loans, car insurance, gas) there's not much (if you're not already in the red at that point) left over for emergencies, entertainment, or even savings. For those that suggest I use public transportation, I do, and would more if it didn't take over an hour to go 20 miles. Whoever thinks outsourcing is good for the US either has never been *forced* to work a job with no real possibility of upward mobility (no I don't want to be manager of a pizza hut, I want a job that stimulates me to actually LEARN something) or is sitting pretty somewhere in the 'upper tiers' of society.
Sorry for the tangents and run on sentences.
I'll never get that damned music out of my head! Aaaarrrgggh!
How will this affect ticket prices? For some 'strange' reason I have a feeling that ticket prices are going to go up. As if $8.50 for a (non-matinee) ticket isn't bad enough as it is.
Considering that the moon is what creates the tides, I would think that not having the moon around would be very bad for a lot of sea life.
I wonder what type of games he had his subjects playing. It seems to me, from personal experience, that playing MMORPGs are(or at least can be) a little more interactive than playing single player games. For example, I used to play Ultima Online, and I played with a group of the same people pretty regularly. We used VOIP to communicate with each other while playing. It seems to me that something like this would have an effect on your brain waves because you're interacting with other people while playing the game. It would be interesting if someone did a study about the difference between MMORPGs and single player games with this in mind.
Just my two cents