Mon, 17 May 2004

Study supports controversial offshore numbers

The mantra of the Benedict Arnold CEO's to those whose jobs they ship overseas has been "You're too far down the skill ladder! Learn more! Educate yourself and rise out of your pathetic technical jobs into design and management!" But as one of the authors of this study points out:

If you don't have the entry-level programmers, how do you get people to become system architects--the high-level skills that we think are going to stay on shore?

A new report by Forrester Research repeats its controversial assertion that more than 3 million U.S. jobs will move overseas by 2015, an estimate that contributed to the political firestorm surrounding the offshoring issue.

(link) [CNET News.com]

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