I had a conversation last night where I talked to someone about how dismal the job outlook was. However, according to this article there's nothing to fear, for the jobs are going to bounce back and all of us programmers will be making six figures in a couple months. lol j/k.
Posted by Barry at July 16, 2003 02:38 PM | TrackbackThe problem I’ve seen first hand is that many MANY of these cheap employees in India, China, and Russia are so poorly trained it's almost laughable...laughable if they were not taking my job. I actually know of several who are working based on forged B.S. and Masters degrees. A lot of the schools in those countries are also jokes. 350,000 a year... that’s nothing more than a degree factory. Graduating people to bring in foreign investment and jobs. Some of these graduates can barely even operate a computer. Believe me, I work with a few who graduated from Indian universities. On a positive note some companies are seeing that these employees are not actually cheaper since productivity suffers when they move their development overseas. Until things change I'll just have to hope for a preemptive strike from Pakistan or North Korea. I figure that will open up a few jobs for me and my homies.....
Posted by: boris on July 16, 2003 03:12 PMI wouldn't be surprised if Pakistan is secretly getting funding from laid-off American tech workers...
Posted by: barry on July 16, 2003 04:41 PMhmmmmm my new web page in the works...
www.techworkers_for_a_nuclear_pakistan.com
a non-profit organization established for the proliferation of nukes in pakistan. our motto..."save a tech worker, nuke a subcontinent."
Posted by: boris on July 17, 2003 12:43 PM