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As long as Tech Company are not willing to out-source them (which is already happening, everything can be outsourced). there is not one profession that cannot b

by camus 14y ago

As long as Tech Company are not willing to out-source them (which is already happening, everything can be outsourced). there is not one profession that cannot be out-sourced. Is it good on the long run? well global business are not tied to a local consumer base anymore , so i guess it is for them , and consumers do not care.

seiji 14y ago
Good morning. You've triggered my "I have a political stake in my comment stance" detector. Are you perchance someone residing in not-U.S. who wants these magic outsourced jobs?
- olalonde 14y ago
  camus' comment didn't trigger any detector here but yours clearly did.
- camus 14y ago
  no ,off course , not , but these are just facts. In my company , Accountency has been out-sourced to eastern europe, and my job may be next , no matter how good i am at my task. It is not something i want of course , but it is something that might happen in the future.
  - seiji 14y ago
    If your company treats you as a cost and wants to unload you, then you are probably in trouble. Maybe try to find a place that sees you as an asset? In SF, the fancy programmers are entire products and personality cults by themselves. Saying everything can be outsourced would lead to all American actors being replaced by Bollywood or Korean or Chinese actors. There are forces other than price of labor acting in the market.
tomkinstinch 14y ago
Let's not be naive; there are most certainly jobs that cannot be outsourced, either for legal or for practical reasons: Jobs involving state secrets (military, intelligence, etc.--plenty of technologists in those sectors), jobs where shipping the poduct is infeasible or where the service must be performed locally (restaurant cooks, plumbers, ER doctors, etc.), and then the vast number of professional occupations that have legal barriers to starting practice in a particular jurisdiction (doctors, lawyers, accountants, the list goes on).

by camus 14y ago

seiji 14y ago

Good morning. You've triggered my "I have a political stake in my comment stance" detector. Are you perchance someone residing in not-U.S. who wants these magic outsourced jobs?

olalonde 14y ago
camus' comment didn't trigger any detector here but yours clearly did.
camus 14y ago
no ,off course , not , but these are just facts. In my company , Accountency has been out-sourced to eastern europe, and my job may be next , no matter how good i am at my task. It is not something i want of course , but it is something that might happen in the future.
- seiji 14y ago
  If your company treats you as a cost and wants to unload you, then you are probably in trouble. Maybe try to find a place that sees you as an asset? In SF, the fancy programmers are entire products and personality cults by themselves. Saying everything can be outsourced would lead to all American actors being replaced by Bollywood or Korean or Chinese actors. There are forces other than price of labor acting in the market.

tomkinstinch 14y ago

Let's not be naive; there are most certainly jobs that cannot be outsourced, either for legal or for practical reasons: Jobs involving state secrets (military, intelligence, etc.--plenty of technologists in those sectors), jobs where shipping the poduct is infeasible or where the service must be performed locally (restaurant cooks, plumbers, ER doctors, etc.), and then the vast number of professional occupations that have legal barriers to starting practice in a particular jurisdiction (doctors, lawyers, accountants, the list goes on).