What does /prog/ think about Offshore Outsourcing in terms of the high-tech center (not just IT but other engineering fields are effected as well) in the US?
Obviously it's seen as a bad thing for professionals here in the IT field, but I'm wondering what you think of it's effect on us, the field, and the economy? How can we get around it, what jobs are being heavily outsourced and effected by the trend vs. those that aren't? Any other comments on the subject would be appreciated as well.
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Anonymous2008-02-02 14:57
I don't give a shit, I live in the UK and there's plenty of IT work here.
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Anonymous2008-02-02 18:40
Offshore outsourcing is no longer relevant, those stupid foreigners rely on UNICODE.
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Anonymous2008-02-02 19:31
how is it not relevant?
basically (and i say this mostly from the standpoint in the U.S.), is there a lack of work available or not? and how do you get around the ageism and rampant changes in technology?
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Anonymous2008-02-02 21:56
Just be glad you're in a growing industry.
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Anonymous2008-02-02 22:30
Third world countryfag here, you should have thought about staying competitive before going with free markets. Not that I work in an outsourced job or anything though.
None of this crap matters if you achieve Satori - read SICP.
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Anonymous2008-02-03 13:45
I'm mostly just worrying if, say, I actually know how to program C as a core for my skills for instance and know all the abstract bullshite about pointers, mem allocation, recursion, and the like, do I have anything to worry about?
How difficult is it to deal with the break-neck changes in technology and programming languages, and rampant ageism that I've heard so much about?
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Anonymous2008-02-03 13:59
>>7
You don't know what abstract bullshite is, mister. Read SICP.