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Protectionism does work. Just ask the Lawyers and the Airline pilots. The reason software engineers are not paid as well now is because we don't have a Bar asso
by tangocom 10y ago
Protectionism does work. Just ask the Lawyers and the Airline pilots. The reason software engineers are not paid as well now is because we don't have a Bar association or Labor union to keep out the low rate foreign competition.
- aub3bhat 10y agoLawyers and Pilots, hahhahahaha. I guess you are completely out of loop on unemployment among Lawyers. And Airline Pilots are even worse off. So no some magical unicorn union isn't going to fix massive oversupply of intelligent Chinese and Indians, if America tries another not directly named Chinese Exclusion Act (The White House just tried that with Muslim Ban), then maybe its Canada who will benefit.
- nova22033 10y ago>The reason software engineers are not paid as well The annual mean wage for Software engineers is higher than that for lawyers and pilots. https://www.bls.gov/oes/2015/may/oes_nat.htm https://www.bls.gov/oes/2015/may/oes_nat.htm
- tangocom 10y agoPlease double-check the link you posted on mean salaries: Programmers $98K Lawyers $136K Airline pilots $136K (not including big retirement benefits) The link you posted proves the point I was making.
- techk 10y agoYou are partly right. Protectionism may work for jobs which need physical presence or security clearance. (lawyers, doctors, teachers, government/defense/aviation employees). But I am not so sure it will work for Tech jobs, which can be moved anywhere in the world. IaaS platforms make it even trivial.
- ericd 10y agoIt can help in the short term, but it can also kill the competitiveness of the companies they work for, leading to worse long term outcomes for everyone.