From: Randy S (cryofan@mylinuxisp.com)
Date: Thu Jun 19 2003 - 13:37:12 MDT
Fascinating article about how the changing job-scape:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.07/view.html?pg=1
Revealing quote:
"For several years afterward, Florida queried audiences, asking which career
they'd choose: machinist with higher pay and job security, or hairstylist
with lower pay and no job security. "Time and again, most people chose the
hair salon, and always for the same reasons" - flexibility, freedom from
supervision, stimulation, creativity, and the immediate satisfaction of their
customers. The aesthetic imperative has spread new economy values beyond just
knowledge workers."
With the death of the IT boom, I wonder how many programmers and engineers
might be tempted to opt for the hairstylist job instead?
And this provides a semi-seque to my ideas about where opportunity may lie
for Westerners if the outsourcing and race to the bottom dynamics continue:
immigration reciprocity may provide a place for small time American business
people to immigration at least temporarily overseas to 3rd world countries
where their savings would afford them much more ability to operate a business.
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