dla2000

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by dla2000 18y ago
A fair point. If you have the talent, definitely avoid any job that can be commoditized. I think there may be as much as a 50/50 split between people who will be able to do so and those who cannot, so those in the bottom face some harsh r
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by dla2000 18y ago
Well I'm replying to my own reply, because it was rude and I didn't intend it that way. Apologies.
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by dla2000 18y ago
But you could read this in another way and say that this was the start of the decline... and we're just worried about how much farther we can slide... I know I've probably made a lot of people on this board a little irked, but I'm serious w
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by dla2000 18y ago
Except that you have to compete with a generation in other countries that don't do that. Who's a better return on investment?
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by dla2000 18y ago
I have to echo my comment earlier. When you say that young people want to be judged on the quality of the work (only), you're turning your work into a commodity and making it easier and easier for your work to be outsourced.
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by dla2000 18y ago
Newspapers are supposed to print news, not print platitudes. :) I recommend you take at least a moment to wonder why your generation is coming under fire so much.
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by dla2000 18y ago
I do feel entitled to get talented employees. But if I cannot get them, I look at the cheepest way to solve my problems, and I turn the work into a commodity. As soon as I do that, I look for the person willing to perform the work for the
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by dla2000 18y ago
Just wanted to say that I enjoyed this reply. I think that the word choice subordinates was unfortunate, in this case. But basically when you work for a person, you are their subordinate. There's definitely something weird going on with th
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by dla2000 18y ago
Except that there's going to be very limited start up money available...
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by dla2000 18y ago
Your argument above seems to miss at least one thing. A corporation wants to reward people who value the company. At the upper eschelons, they may reward people for independent thinking, but in most cases, people are hired to perform a jo
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by dla2000 18y ago
I would say that fear is the correct word, but suggest that you have the context wrong. It's not the top eschelon of the generation running away and creating their own businesses that we fear, it's the bottom tier thinking they merit top t