The fact that it is skilled labor has implications for wage movement that unskilled labor does not have. The article indicates that india is already experiencing shortages of skilled workers: the logical outcome of that is that wages will rise. After all, if we're not any more skilled than the average textile worker, should we be paid that much more than them?
While indian wages may not rise to the level of western tech personnel, it does not really need to as the cost of operating out of a different country to that in which your markets exist increases the actual cost of offshoring.
Tech wages will in all likelihood come down as a result of Indian competition, but let's be realistic, current tech wages are inflated by expectations created during the tech bubble.
In any case, it's unlikely that in the long term, tech wages will need to reduce to the level that is currently being paid to Indian tech personnel. We just get to share our good fortune with [ahem] developing nations.
Of course, is it really right to hold someone liable for damages that result in an intrinsically harmless slip-up? Say I forget to patch SSH or Apache and someone launches an attack from my box. Should I be held liable? If so, why? Because I should know better? That may be true, but I can always argue that I'd intended to patch but just hadn't found the time to do so, and someone by chance, found my box
The issue I have here, is that frequently the offender is using an unprotected computer to exploit a hole in the security of the target computer. Is it really fair to assess damages against someone in favor of a victim who was equally negligent?
Do you also believe your local library should stock Playboy on the shelves with Popular Science?
I don't think that's a good analogy. Do I think that the library should stock playboy? perhaps not. I do think, however, that if anti pornography literature is stocked by a library (assuming said library is government funded), it should also stock a selection of pro pornography literature so that individuals researching the subject can have access to both viewpoints.
But that's government, not private enterprise. Surely private enterprises should be free to advocate whatever disgusting points of view (such as gun control) they choose to advocate?
It goes to show just how socialist certain sections of the Australian public have gotten when a government that pays people unemployment benefits (so long as they continue to seek work) and operates universal health care (so long as they don't take out private insurance) can be called "ultra conservative"
IME, a Ph.D in IT is great for your career, but at the start of your career, you will be at a relative disadvantage to your friend who spent the last four years cutting code professionally.
10 years later, however, you will be earning twice as much as your friend who will be struggling to find his way into the more senior ranks.
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The fact that it is skilled labor has implications for wage movement that unskilled labor does not have. The article indicates that india is already experiencing shortages of skilled workers: the logical outcome of that is that wages will rise. After all, if we're not any more skilled than the average textile worker, should we be paid that much more than them?
While indian wages may not rise to the level of western tech personnel, it does not really need to as the cost of operating out of a different country to that in which your markets exist increases the actual cost of offshoring.
Tech wages will in all likelihood come down as a result of Indian competition, but let's be realistic, current tech wages are inflated by expectations created during the tech bubble.
In any case, it's unlikely that in the long term, tech wages will need to reduce to the level that is currently being paid to Indian tech personnel. We just get to share our good fortune with [ahem] developing nations.
The issue I have here, is that frequently the offender is using an unprotected computer to exploit a hole in the security of the target computer. Is it really fair to assess damages against someone in favor of a victim who was equally negligent?
I don't think that's a good analogy. Do I think that the library should stock playboy? perhaps not. I do think, however, that if anti pornography literature is stocked by a library (assuming said library is government funded), it should also stock a selection of pro pornography literature so that individuals researching the subject can have access to both viewpoints.
But that's government, not private enterprise. Surely private enterprises should be free to advocate whatever disgusting points of view (such as gun control) they choose to advocate?
It goes to show just how socialist certain sections of the Australian public have gotten when a government that pays people unemployment benefits (so long as they continue to seek work) and operates universal health care (so long as they don't take out private insurance) can be called "ultra conservative"
IME, a Ph.D in IT is great for your career, but at the start of your career, you will be at a relative disadvantage to your friend who spent the last four years cutting code professionally. 10 years later, however, you will be earning twice as much as your friend who will be struggling to find his way into the more senior ranks.
It's kind of difficult to reconcile "the blessings of liberty" with collectivism.