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How would that make the field more attractive? If the aforementioned Europeans and Asians left, and Americans moved in afterwards, aren't you essentially implyi
by insuffi 12y ago
How would that make the field more attractive? If the aforementioned Europeans and Asians left, and Americans moved in afterwards, aren't you essentially implying Americans cannot keep up with them?
- a8da6b0c91d 12y agoNo, I'm implying that a lot of capable Americans prefer not to work in fields flooded with foreigners. The status attached to working in the field would improve and attract more native candidates.
- insuffi 12y agoYou do realize you're implying that Americans are xenophobic?
- a8da6b0c91d 12y agoHeld to the proper degree xenophobia is a normal, healthy instinct in all cultures.
- insuffi 12y agoI don't see how not joining a field just because it consists of certain amount of foreigners is a healthy, normal instinct.
- coryrc 12y agoIt is because of secondary effects -- larger supply of foreign workers drives down the wages, now and in the future. Except the whole "software eating the world" thing that might be the exception that proves the rule.
- chetanahuja 12y ago"Held to the proper degree xenophobia is a normal, healthy instinct in all cultures" That may be, but I'm not sure you know what the words "normal" "healthy" or "proper" mean.
- jquery 12y agoAmericans can't keep up with outsourced foreign factory workers, either. Americans are unwilling to get paid $5/day.
- insuffi 12y agoExcept we're not talking about outsourced work, and not about unqualified work either. Great job misrepresenting and misunderstanding what the issue is about. The only reason prices are so low is because it's all outsourced. If you want Americans to do the work of the SEA and China, then you're going to pay a lot more for your shit. Those low prices are the only thing that a lot of people rely on their livelihood for.