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Jack Sprat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 12:18 AM Original message |
Are IT careers vanishing as I have heard? |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
1. yes |
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Pushed To The Left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 02:12 AM Response to Reply #1 |
26. I just got my IT degree last year. This is bad news, but it's not surprising |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 03:22 AM Response to Reply #26 |
33. I've been in the business 27 years |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 04:08 PM Response to Reply #33 |
73. 10 years here and it looks like I'm going back into it. |
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King Coal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-06-07 07:57 AM Response to Reply #33 |
116. We're in the same boat, Skittles. I may have by about 3 years, but |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 06:33 PM Response to Reply #26 |
87. Reversing the Tax Incentives Was a Big Plank In Kerry's 2004 Platform |
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Morereason (496 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-06-07 02:01 AM Response to Reply #1 |
101. Absolutely... In IT 15 years... Making half what I did 7 years ago. Unstable. Leaving the country |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
2. Yup. Not as rapidly as before, but it hasn't ceased. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 12:49 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. gawd, the script readers |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 12:54 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. And then clueless management continues to blame the wrong people. Have you heard of ITIL? |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 12:59 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. it's the culture differences killing me |
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dkofos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 09:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
45. They have offshored EE's. And what they can't offshore they will H1B. |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-06-07 02:17 AM Response to Reply #2 |
106. oh man, wake up and smell the curry, already |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-06-07 07:04 AM Response to Reply #2 |
114. Are you kidding? |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
4. IT Is Recovering Somewhat |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 12:58 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Ah, but when you get an Indian these days, they use "American" names and have cleaner accents. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 01:00 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. a guy from India called me and said his name was CHARLIE |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 01:09 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Awesome response! |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 01:13 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. LOL |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 02:23 AM Response to Reply #9 |
27. I gotta admit |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 03:14 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. it's not his fault |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 04:00 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. You're absolutely right. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 06:14 PM Response to Reply #32 |
83. Ah, but they still do it anyway. And that makes them complicit. |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 10:40 AM Response to Reply #7 |
54. I don't know if this is common, but I have encountered Indians |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 03:57 AM Response to Reply #4 |
36. But then... |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 01:00 PM Response to Reply #36 |
60. They'll Have to Build Schools and Universities in Those Places First |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 06:16 PM Response to Reply #60 |
84. They are building schools and universities. Even corporations are chipping in to help. |
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smalll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
5. Yes, and America says good riddance - |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 01:01 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. you obviously do not understand the IT industry |
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smalll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 01:07 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I wasn't talking about big money, which as you say was only available to a minority - |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 01:12 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I have no idea what the fuck you are talking about |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 04:00 AM Response to Reply #14 |
38. Perhaps "small"'s name is an anatomical reference...? |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 03:54 PM Response to Reply #38 |
71. It seems appropriate on so many levels... |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 01:14 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Sounds like any arrogance you meet is justified. nt |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 01:33 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. I'm inclined to agree. |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 01:30 PM Response to Reply #21 |
63. Mr. Smalll Stuffed a Geek into a Locker at School |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 01:15 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Wow. Bad help desk experience? |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 01:59 AM Response to Reply #11 |
24. "Big 'ol geeky arrogance"? What IS that exactly? I Think You Misunderstand Us |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 02:02 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. To pretend ignorance as to its existence is just stupid.... |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 04:13 AM Response to Reply #25 |
39. More to the point... |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 05:38 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Also, substantial numbers were deeply community conscious. |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 10:43 AM Response to Reply #39 |
55. Exactly.. |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 02:27 AM Response to Reply #11 |
28. LOL |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 04:21 PM Response to Reply #28 |
77. Yes. My IT "arrogant" guy turned up at an opera I attended one evening. It turns out |
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WritersBlock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 03:11 AM Response to Reply #11 |
31. Jeebus, enough. I'll reactivate your account, okay?? |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 09:58 AM Response to Reply #11 |
48. Comrade? |
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I Have A Dream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 04:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
75. Please don't generalize. I've never been arrogant to anyone in my life. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 01:08 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. I resent your remark and oppose it vehemently. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 01:35 AM Response to Reply #5 |
23. What a horrid, mean-spirited post. Horrible. |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 02:51 AM Response to Reply #5 |
30. Wow, my hubby is a CIO and he is good-looking |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 09:54 AM Response to Reply #5 |
44. Umm, ok. |
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City of Mills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 09:55 AM Response to Reply #5 |
46. This IT guy says.... |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 09:57 AM Response to Reply #5 |
47. Some cheap labor newbies here today |
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eggman67 (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 11:51 AM Response to Reply #5 |
58. "...making the rest of us mere mortals feel small and ridiculous." |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 11:59 AM Response to Reply #5 |
59. Sounds like a personal problem to me. |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 01:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
65. You Don't Like/Don't Understand the Technology, So You Want to Shoot the Messenger |
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AnnieBW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 10:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
94. While Smalll was typing that |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 11:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
95. It was in the '90s when things began to go to hell in IT |
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Morereason (496 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-06-07 02:05 AM Response to Reply #5 |
102. Yeah right. Lets all be jealous of those who are lucky enough to make a living wage |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-06-07 12:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
119. trolls can be awfully small |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-06-07 04:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
122. Fantastic post! IT guys are ugly. |
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OutNow (538 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
18. Going, Going, Gone |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 03:25 AM Response to Reply #18 |
34. alas, Brazil seems to have 1950's phone system |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
19. Yep. They work for pennies on the dollar in India. |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 01:39 PM Response to Reply #19 |
64. What Was He Doing? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
20. Plenty of jobs in Seattle for knowledgeable programmers. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 01:34 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Link? |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 09:59 AM Response to Reply #20 |
49. Microsoft doesn't seem to want to reach out |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 10:29 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. lol - I wasn't talking about MS - I said & meant "Seattle". |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 10:34 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. That's fine |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 10:37 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. They are. They just didn't figure into my claim that there are plenty of job in Seattle. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 04:18 PM Response to Reply #20 |
76. The very thing some of warned about 10 years ago is now happening. |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 02:33 AM Response to Original message |
29. Some of it is being outsourced |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 03:29 AM Response to Reply #29 |
35. LOL |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 05:39 AM Response to Original message |
41. Yes, I personally work with web designers and programmers from India. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 09:35 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. I am sure you will love the price of slave labor you can get from Chinese prisons. :( nt |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 11:29 AM Response to Reply #42 |
56. Comparing India ot a Chinese prison is hardly fair. |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 02:05 PM Response to Reply #56 |
67. Hope you don't mind |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 06:01 PM Response to Reply #67 |
80. Already happened. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 04:23 PM Response to Reply #56 |
78. ...and what has happened to the auto industry since then? |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 05:57 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. Same thing you just said about India was said about Japan in the 60s. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 01:26 PM Response to Reply #79 |
96. I see that you didn't answer either question, but chose instead to deflect |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 11:06 PM Response to Reply #96 |
98. Detroit is dead, the American auto industry can't hold a candle to their foreign counterparts. |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-06-07 11:58 AM Response to Reply #98 |
118. Dead? |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-06-07 02:37 AM Response to Reply #96 |
109. but he brings up an excellent point, close to the core of the issue |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-06-07 11:41 AM Response to Reply #109 |
117. Exactly, the race to the bottom. It only serves the ruling class, and results |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 01:32 PM Response to Reply #117 |
123. the vindication of Karl Marx |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 06:07 PM Response to Reply #56 |
81. Now why on earth would you complain about fairness? Shouldn't you be more ruthless "MiltonF"? nt |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 10:05 AM Response to Reply #41 |
50. Why not outsource your own position to India? |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 11:32 AM Response to Reply #50 |
57. My position was outsourced in 1999, was not a big deal really. |
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LongTomH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 01:24 PM Response to Reply #41 |
62. I lost my programmer/analyst job and.................. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 06:19 PM Response to Reply #41 |
86. Yeah, but what's the cost of living in India vs cost of living in the US? |
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Morereason (496 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-06-07 02:10 AM Response to Reply #41 |
103. Well there are plenty of people who will work your job for $5 an hour in China too |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-06-07 02:26 AM Response to Reply #103 |
107. Someone in India did take my $15.00 an hour IT job in 1999. |
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Morereason (496 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-06-07 02:32 AM Response to Reply #107 |
108. I don't have much respect for social darwinists. |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-06-07 02:39 AM Response to Reply #108 |
110. I will admit that I am not the brightest bulb in the pack |
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Morereason (496 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-06-07 02:47 AM Response to Reply #110 |
111. Illuminate us please. You have an entire thread of people interested |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-06-07 02:57 AM Response to Reply #111 |
112. Depending on their skill and where they live... |
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Kip Humphrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
43. Yup. My IT B.S. & M.S. are good for nothing... Unles I were to move to India, Indonesia, or China,. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 06:17 PM Response to Reply #43 |
85. Did you find out what their immigration policies are like? |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 01:29 PM Response to Reply #43 |
97. I'm willing to sell mine cheap... |
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newportdadde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
61. Yes they are vanishing unless your around 20 or 22. No hires here in 8 years. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
66. Depends on the industry and the part of the country. |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
68. Some are outsourced...many jobs are returning as outsourcing isn't paying off |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
69. And now for the opinion of an IT business owner and CompSci prof |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 04:07 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. A new graduate in MIS I know is working after graduation |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 06:34 PM Response to Reply #69 |
88. Everyone needs to read this post. |
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Progressive_In_NC (448 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 06:53 PM Response to Reply #69 |
91. For example on the specialized thing.... |
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Morereason (496 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-06-07 02:15 AM Response to Reply #69 |
104. Imagine this conversation when Ford was building the middle class???? |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-06-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #104 |
120. IT was never the opportunity it was made out to be. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
70. We've been hemorrhaging these positions for almost a decade |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
74. Depends ... |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
82. They sure pay a lot less now than five or ten years ago if not. - n/t |
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Progressive_In_NC (448 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
89. If you are specialized and willing to travel the 150K a year jobs are there |
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Morereason (496 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-06-07 02:17 AM Response to Reply #89 |
105. Only if you have 5+ years of the EXACT experience |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
90. Deleted message |
CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 07:14 PM Response to Reply #90 |
92. livesipog: are you for real? |
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Dastard Stepchild (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
93. In my area, yes... |
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Sapphocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-06-07 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
99. Yes. n/t |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-06-07 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
100. Yes, it's terrible |
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spindoctor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-06-07 04:43 AM Response to Original message |
113. Come to Europe |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 02:36 PM Response to Reply #113 |
125. This is fascinating, I'd go in a heartbeat, but the last time I looked it |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-06-07 07:10 AM Response to Original message |
115. Remember how they promised with NAFTA that Americans would |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-06-07 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
121. Yes.... |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
124. depends on your field within IT |
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