Dying w/low avg $55. w2 hr Software Development Out-Sourced to India tax free @$7. hr

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I totally agree.

 

The situation is that we now have a global economy. We, as consumers, have a lot of choices of what products to buy and what price we want to pay for them. We want low, low prices...yet we want to get paid big bucks for our job. I don't in any way believe that we can blame the situation on one person (i.e. the President). We are all to blame. Do you shop at Walmart? Do you comparison shop all over the Internet before buying something? Of course you do...because it's nice to have a choice and nice to find a bargain. But that bargain is going to affect other portions of your life. If you only want to pay $X for something, then the company that makes that product needs to get their costs down, etc...which leads to paying employees less and possibly outsourcing offshore.

 

At one point, IT jobs were worth big bucks because not many people knew how to do it. Now any 12 year old with Dreamweaver can design a web page, and many high schoolers can program anything you want them to program. An IT degree isn't worth what it used to be. To me, the question is not "what does the government need to do for me to prevent outsourcing!" The question is "What do I need to do to be successful in a global economy?" Simply having an education or degree does not in any way entitle you to a job, much less a $55 an hour job.

 

Offshore outsourcing is not a new thing--we've been here before, and we'll be here again. I frankly can't blame companies, who are out to make a <gasp> profit, for trying to find cheaper labor. What can a programmer here in the U.S. who wants $55 an hour offer that a programmer in India who wants $7.50 an hour can't? Code is code. Technical knowledge is technical knowledge. You either know what you are doing or you don't. Do I think it sucks? Sure--it must be rough to not be able to find a job. But Bush isn't to blame. We are all to blame.