My talk How
To Keep Your Job just got Slashdotted as a result of a CNN
article on the move of IT jobs abroad. There's a telling quote in the CNN article:
Like many unemployed programmers, Kerrigan blames the sour labor
market on offshore outsourcing -- the migration of tech jobs to
relatively low-paid contractors or locally hired employees in India,
China, Russia and other developing countries.
The real problem is that as development becomes a commodity, basic
economics dictates that companies have no choice but to look for the
cheapest options. The only solution for Mr Kerrigan and the thousands
of other displaced developers is to reexamine their position in this
brave (and scary) new world. What is our individual value-add, and how
can we position ourselves to be effective and attractive in the new
marketplace? We need to think hard about the value chain and our
position on it. And once we've made our decisions, we have to work
hard to position ourselves. In the long term, the industry will simply
move up the value chain, which will be to all our benefits as long as
we're prepared to move with it. In the short and medium terms, though,
we're facing a massive shakeout. Perhaps it's time to dust off your
Pragmatic Investment Plan...
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