From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Thu Jun 12 2003 - 00:51:46 MDT
On Wednesday 11 June 2003 22:27, Spudboy100@aol.com wrote:
> Kevin Freels stated:
> <<The only IT money left will be for those who design and implement the new
> technologies as they are developed, and those who market and sell it. It
> only makes sense that your only choice if you wish to stay in IT is to
> increase your education in the field, or move into a sales position.
> Of course, when AI is developed, maybe the software will design and sell
> itself>>
>
> Kevin, I am indeed continuing my education in computing, but I also realize
> that no matter how much I learn and improve, it is not my expertise that
> really matters, but rather the mentality of corporations that send jobs
> overseas, in order to squeeze costs. There will always be someone somewhere
> who will know more, and work amazingly cheaper.
Not necessarily. Software architecture/design is not a matter of mere
knowledge. We don't know precisely what it takes to produce such people and
they are at a premium. Of course, to compensate projects sometimes just
"bang on it till it more or less works". The results speak for themselves.
Bottom line, stay close to what your heart loves. You want have much of an
edge or be happy otherwise. Don't just go for the money. It kills
creativity.
>
> Regarding sales positions, the lead story of the Wall Street Journal on
> Weds, June 11 2003, was the trend in corporate thinking is to eliminate
> higher paid people from jobs and replace them with lower paid workers.
> According to the article, this is apparently not illegal to do so. This
> occurred at Circuit City, nationally. What I sense from some of the people
> on this list is a "trust in capitalism, not reason" and judging by the
> behaviors of the corporations, this seems to be the case.
>
Assuming the quality of the results are good, the action itself is perfectly
rational. Full of undesirable effects as long as we are driven primariy by
profit and jobs alone, though.
> This may be a self-correcting problem, in the sense that when there are not
> enough people to afford to purchase goods and services, a lot of the
> stockholders will demand retribution on the boards of directors, for the
> decline in the value of their stocks, as the economy tanks. Call it The
> Darwinian Principle in action. What is left of the United States after this
> process completes is another story.
Our apparent success is largely based on some dicey book keeping when you
consider the true Federal Debt and that we are headed into deflation with no
margin to play normal monetarist tweaking games.
- samantha
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