From: Spudboy100@aol.com
Date: Thu Jun 12 2003 - 07:06:20 MDT
Samantha stated:
<<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. >>
Yes, and the jobs that are off-shored makes the US dependent on people who do
not have the self-interest of the US (let alone the human species at heart).
Staying close to what one's heart loves is indeed sage advice. But this rant
isn't about me whining against competition. It is a rant against the acceptance
of the way many corporations, especially the fortune 500, have sent jobs
overseas, which seems to destabilize the US economy.
<<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>>
I completely agree that deceptive book keeping is the order of the day with
the Fortune 500, in order to deceive stockholders into investing in overvalued
companies.
These companies have decided that they will continue to deceive stockholders
into believing that because they have saved money by sending jobs overseas, it
has the same value as producing new goods and services, which it clearly does
not.
I am a pragmatist regarding economics, and as the deficiencies of those
running the marketplace become apparent, then its the Command Economy, it is! The
nation-state is not the best form of government, but until we build
international institutions over time, that help rather then hinder the human condition,
we must look to looking after ourselves. Who else will?
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