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>more affordable talented Taiwanese engineers I could accept it if the Taiwanese were just better at this sort of thing than Americans were, but do we really n
by Gollapalli 5y ago
>more affordable talented Taiwanese engineers
I could accept it if the Taiwanese were just better at this sort of thing than Americans were, but do we really need to be offshoring strategic resources because it's too expensive to pay engineers middle-class wages?
- b3lvedere 5y agoIf cheaper options are available, all other alternatives are considered expensive.
- seanmcdirmid 5y agoA lot of it is due to investments made by Taiwan when semiconductors were in their infancy, with support from the USA, that created momentum. The USA, in contrast, still imports much of the talent in this area. Our kids weren’t even very interested in computer science until recently, and software has sucked away talent from EE and other hardware disciplines.
- Dracophoenix 5y agoWhy not move into Japan or South Korea? Sony and Samsung engineers aren't any less able.
- seanmcdirmid 5y agoThey aren't, situations similar to Taiwan in talent and inter-dependence with the west. But in the case that China invaded Taiwan, neither Japan nor South Korea would be in particularly good stable spots for awhile.
- Gollapalli 5y ago>Our kids weren’t even very interested in computer science until recently, It is a profoundly American idea that one must be interested in profession in order to pursue it. And it is one that greatly endears this country to me, along with its people, culture, history, and freedom. The same does not necessarily apply in south or east asia. For them it is prestige, necessity, and the respect of family. Such motivations obviously exist here in America of course, but I wonder how much of it was simply "we in government want you to do this and will pay you well and make you look good in front of your family". >and software has sucked away talent from EE and other hardware disciplines. I blame vc's