Job Migration Is Draining Silicon Valley
from the there-go-the-jobs dept
A laid of Silicon Valley worker talks about how many of the jobs that used to be here have moved overseas. Unlike some, he doesn't seem all that angry about it. He basically says that tech workers here either need to reinvent themselves or hope that there's another technology boom that needs their skills. Since the technology boom scenario doesn't seem likely to him... he suggests techies reinvent themselves and look for different types of jobs.
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As a Tech Worker Myself...
For the foreseeable future, I can't imagine businesses running out of development needs or outsourcing even more than a small minority of them overseas. On the contrary, I think that demand for good developers will continue to grow. Technology is not dead!
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We've gone through this before
Fact is, foreign workers, either offshore or H-1B, do not have good language skills. Their code is poorly documented, if at all. In the office, they have poor social skills, form their own cliquish groups, and alienate themselves. We're beyond the phase where any grunt who can program is a good worker.
As software becomes more sophisticated, integrating into daily life, taking on legal importance, one needs tech workers with excellent English writing skills. I have a liberal arts degree and code/manage a public DNA matching service in the biotech industry. Every single word shown on the screen has important legal ramifications. A coding whiz who can't speak English could never do my job.
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