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They have job skills, the jobs disappeared. It's not their fault. If outsourcing suddenly produced high quality issue free software for cheap tomorrow then we

• dx034 10y ago
  Most job losses were due to automation, not necessarily outsourcing. And if they have job skills for jobs that don't exist anymore it's as if they don't have job skills at all. But it's certainly not their fault, it's the education system that has to teach job skills, you can't learn that by yourself.
  • ubertaco 10y ago
    > if they have job skills for jobs that don't exist anymore it's as if they don't have job skills at all. Exactly this. At the risk of reductio ad absurdum, would anyone consider the ability to write (not compositional writing, just literally the ability to put a pen down on paper and form letters) a "marketable job skill" any more? Not likely, since that skill can be replaced by a $60 printer what doesn't need a salary.
• cheriot 10y ago
  What are those skills? My high schools taught regular academic subjects and electives. What job does that qualify a person to do? They can't fix a car, drive a big truck, or operate specialized machinery. Yes, the unskilled jobs moved. That's why high schools need to teach actual skills now.