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Don't count on it. The premise is very incorrect. Latin America has a dearth of educated workers. It's why their societies' infrastructure is barely function
by blahblah1234567 4y ago
Don't count on it.
The premise is very incorrect. Latin America has a dearth of educated workers. It's why their societies' infrastructure is barely functional.
I've spent 1.5 years living in Mexico. During that time, I met one electrical engineer, one software engineer, and one digital marketer (Mexican citizens). I am sure I would meet more if I spent more time in Guadalajara or Mexico City. But, I wouldn't expect to replace a labor force in any useful amount.
95% of people I met didn't seem to be very skilled at reading or writing, as though they barely had middle-school level education. I expect the same is true for most Latin American countries except Chile & Costa Rica, which have higher rates of human development.
Notice there is not much data in this article. It's just a qualitative description of one person's experiences in hiring. And discusses a survey of 18 companies trying to hire in Latin America.
- cheeselip420 4y agoUhhh - I think you're overgeneralizing here in a big way.
- kranke155 4y agoI’ve never been to Mexico, but on the topic of some other countries in Latin America I believe this to be widely inaccurate. Also going like “lack of educated people is why their society doesn’t function” is pretty crazy. Institutions are the reasons societies work or not.
- blahblah1234567 4y agoLet's follow your logic. Let's assume Well Functioning institutions are in place. Let's take it one step back, and one step forward from there: - one step back: What enables Functioning Institutions? The institutions are composed of people. Good institutions require educated, skilled professionals. - one step forward: Once we have Well functioning institutions... Well, what do they exist for? To support a functioning society, perhaps? Which is dependent on what? (Institutions, yes, we just covered that-- What next? .....oh that's right.... educated, skilled professionals) To say "institutions are the reason <thing> functions" is quite a myopic perspective. Did an institution install the plumbing in your house? Did an institution grow the food you eat? :) I only ask that you step through your own logic.
- exciliado 4y agoThe main export of Costa Rica now are services, several of the largest tech companies in the world are in Costa Rica (Intel, Amazon, Microsoft, HP, Dell, IBM, Oracle, etc...) and there are hundreds of software and web development companies, so when the article talks about it's hard to find talent in Latin America, I don't know WTH it's talking about.
- alephnerd 4y agoI think VMWare played a massive role in building the talent scene in Costa Rica. I've heard down the grapevine that an average dev's salary in Costa Rica would be significantly higher than in MX, though CDMX and Monterrey supposedly trounces San José as a city.
- blahblah1234567 4y agoWow. You're right. I didn't believe services are Costa Rica's largest export, had to look it up. In retrospect, it makes sense: English is widely spoken in Costa Rica. And along with Chile, it has the highest rate of human development in Latin America. "In 2019, Costa Rica exported $9.38B worth of services." "The top exports of Costa Rica are Medical Instruments ($3.27B), Bananas ($1.28B), Tropical Fruits ($1.03B), Integrated Circuits ($1.02B), and Orthopedic Appliances ($850M)," https://oec.world/en/profile/country/cri https://oec.world/en/profile/country/cri