Sorry, but our economy depends on foreign labor. There are simply some jobs that Americans won't do, like agricultural work or writing Windows .NET applications.
-- Paul Hovnanian paul@hovnanian.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The blinking cursor writes; and having writ, blinks on.
Maybe that's a sign the company should have stayed on Unix or VMS.
That's funny! :>)
And yet largely true. You should hear .net developers bitching.
Tell that to the IT and other technical "outsourced" un-employed.
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Sorry, but I think you got that mixed up! In my opinion: The *private economy* of "high-powered executives"* with vested stock options and a "tax-free" cayman slush fund just in case the golden parachute fails to open depends on using the leverage of (cheap, abundant and - above all - disposable) foreign labour to take away the value *you* create and add it to their pile!
I.e. *your economy* depends on foreign labour in the exact opposite way of
*theirs* - but *they* can pay people to convince everyone to take part in "Our" Cause ;-)Should be: "there are simply some jobs Americans will not do for less than X USD/Hour"!
Well, shovelling manure aint the worst job in the world ;-)
Really? My employer hires a subcontractor to write .NET applications to interface with our SQL Server database for ~ $100/hr.
Michael R. Darrett, P.E.
A little competition is good for the soul. ;-)
Cheers! Rich
Well, that's MY pile too. I'm a shareholder in quite a few technology companies. As time goes by, more and more of these are foreign managed. It turns out that American labor is as economical as any other. It's a matter of managing it competently. US companies get bought out and competent management teams are brought in. Labor remains local. Profits go up.
Think of it as outsourcing management.
-- Paul Hovnanian mailto:Paul@Hovnanian.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ Porsche 928: 0 to c in 2.125 years, 2.435 light-years per mile^3 of gas
IME we have a pretty good pool of managers in America. Just not in some industries, such as automotive.
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That's cheap. They must be using foreign labor.
-- Paul Hovnanian paul@hovnanian.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The blinking cursor writes; and having writ, blinks on.
India? :)
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