I find it amazing that Cory hasn't been able to nominate himself and win Hugo. That guy is a huge hack when it comes to writing (his writing resembles ads that you'd find on a paper tray insert at MacDonald's) but he's an amazing self-promoter. No one I have ever met can hype himself up like Cory! No one!
"The key is to license Indian trained MD's in the US - a process that is relatively straightforward;"
Straightforward?! You have no idea how hard it is to get a medical license in the US. There is a huge series of hard tests (that are not cheap) that each candidate has to go through. It's anything but straightforward especially since the medical education over there is not up to par. This is why students who travel elsewhere for medschool (after being rejected by US schools) will almost never be licensed to practice in the US.
This work that is being "outsourced" is outsourced to expats!
"Even so, companies are offshoring medical work to highly trained Indian doctors - work such as radiologists reading xrays, since the information is easily transmitted electronically and India has a large base of well trained doctors who are cheaper than US ones."
Nonsense. Radiologists MUST be licensed in US.
"And some job fields in the U.S. are regulated so closely that they are relatively insulated against offshoring. While radiologists often are mentioned as likely casualties as jobs move abroad, federal laws require that anyone interpreting X-rays and other images for U.S. hospitals be trained and licensed in the U.S. The loss of U.S. radiology work "
Well, my friend, when I went to CMU, I paid just about $20K/year so that's where that figure comes from.
$40K/year figure would be justified if it enabled you to get a well paid job after you graduate. Since you'll incur around $160K worth of debt by the time you graduate and your salary will be crap for years to come and you'll have to constantly worry about the possibility of losing your job to some place overseas, I have a really hard time judging whether the cost is really worth it. I think it will take you decades to pay off that debt.
In any case, I wish you well!
Since we, as computer scientists, do not have any kind of licensing and anyone can start programming, we are at a disadvantage. Most other professions (including engineering) do have licensing boards and they restrict the number of licensed people which means that they are able to increase their pay.
"But like every economic crisis that hits our country, we have managed to find some way to innovate and come out ahead."
We will all stop being programmers... just like offshoring has now decimated the number of jobs in hi-tech, this type of knowledge free-for-all will devalue our jobs even further. Don't be fooled by the maxim "we will innovate". Sure, innovation will continue but it will not continue at the same pace.
"Have you ever thought of finding some way to bring your self ahead of the pack? Have you considered pursuing knowledge in a different field?"
I guess that's what we'll all have to do. Medical doctors will ALWAYS be paid well since they restrict the number of students and make sure you're licensed to practice medicine. We will all be replaced by cheap labor overseas... we're training them now anyway to take our jobs away.
next to nothing. The problem is that we are proliferating our knowledge freely and that means that the value of our knowledge is worth very little since everyone now has an access to it. If I were going to CMU or MIT I'd be really pissed that someone is getting the same education as me but they're not paying $20K a year.
This is why Indians and Chinese have caught up with us and have managed to increase the supply of well educated people who will work for next to nothing.
Just great... for large corporations. We'll continue working for less and less... what's the base salary for a programmer now? $40K?
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Looks like that ain't the only thing he stole. Read third post from the bottom: Dmitry Boldyrev
I find it amazing that Cory hasn't been able to nominate himself and win Hugo. That guy is a huge hack when it comes to writing (his writing resembles ads that you'd find on a paper tray insert at MacDonald's) but he's an amazing self-promoter. No one I have ever met can hype himself up like Cory! No one!
So, anyone know why he hasn't "won" it yet?
"The key is to license Indian trained MD's in the US - a process that is relatively straightforward;"
Straightforward?! You have no idea how hard it is to get a medical license in the US. There is a huge series of hard tests (that are not cheap) that each candidate has to go through. It's anything but straightforward especially since the medical education over there is not up to par. This is why students who travel elsewhere for medschool (after being rejected by US schools) will almost never be licensed to practice in the US.
This work that is being "outsourced" is outsourced to expats!
"Even so, companies are offshoring medical work to highly trained Indian doctors - work such as radiologists reading xrays, since the information is easily transmitted electronically and India has a large base of well trained doctors who are cheaper than US ones."
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Nonsense. Radiologists MUST be licensed in US.
"And some job fields in the U.S. are regulated so closely that they are relatively insulated against offshoring. While radiologists often are mentioned as likely casualties as jobs move abroad, federal laws require that anyone interpreting X-rays and other images for U.S. hospitals be trained and licensed in the U.S. The loss of U.S. radiology work "
http://www.careerjournal.com/myc/survive/200403
Well, my friend, when I went to CMU, I paid just about $20K/year so that's where that figure comes from. $40K/year figure would be justified if it enabled you to get a well paid job after you graduate. Since you'll incur around $160K worth of debt by the time you graduate and your salary will be crap for years to come and you'll have to constantly worry about the possibility of losing your job to some place overseas, I have a really hard time judging whether the cost is really worth it. I think it will take you decades to pay off that debt. In any case, I wish you well!
Since we, as computer scientists, do not have any kind of licensing and anyone can start programming, we are at a disadvantage. Most other professions (including engineering) do have licensing boards and they restrict the number of licensed people which means that they are able to increase their pay.
"But like every economic crisis that hits our country, we have managed to find some way to innovate and come out ahead."
We will all stop being programmers... just like offshoring has now decimated the number of jobs in hi-tech, this type of knowledge free-for-all will devalue our jobs even further. Don't be fooled by the maxim "we will innovate". Sure, innovation will continue but it will not continue at the same pace.
"Have you ever thought of finding some way to bring your self ahead of the pack? Have you considered pursuing knowledge in a different field?"
I guess that's what we'll all have to do. Medical doctors will ALWAYS be paid well since they restrict the number of students and make sure you're licensed to practice medicine. We will all be replaced by cheap labor overseas... we're training them now anyway to take our jobs away.
next to nothing. The problem is that we are proliferating our knowledge freely and that means that the value of our knowledge is worth very little since everyone now has an access to it. If I were going to CMU or MIT I'd be really pissed that someone is getting the same education as me but they're not paying $20K a year.
This is why Indians and Chinese have caught up with us and have managed to increase the supply of well educated people who will work for next to nothing.
Just great... for large corporations. We'll continue working for less and less... what's the base salary for a programmer now? $40K?