MacPro said:

safi said:

awilliams87 said:

Notsofast said:

safi said:

Unfortunately the US has screwed itself because of it's education system. You go to a Ph.D program and pretty much 80-90% of the PhD candidates are foreign born. Americans are getting degrees in psychology and sociology instead of STEM creating a huge opportunity for foreign workers especially foreign Software Engineers. 

You hit the problem on the head Safi.  Steve Jobs made it clear, that contrary to popular understanding,  the greatest impediment to moving production to the US was the shortage of engineers (not just software BTW, there are many other engineering jobs necessary to run a heavily automated plant).  This is an opportunity with the new administration to shift back towards a training and education model focused on meeting job demand, rather than funding each persons "self-discovery."   Indeed, most of these type of engineering jobs won't require Phd, or even traditional 4 year schools.  Let the revolution begin.  

PS,  it is wonderful to hear that there is so much discussion of creating good paying jobs in the tech and other industries.  Previous administrations of both parties had given up on this, so kudos to a fresh start and innovative thinking.

The U.S. doesn't have a shortage of engineers. This long standing myth has been debunked various times and was even reported on to congressed by two professors last year. Importing H-1b visa immigrants or outsourcing overseas in merely a way to cut cost.

It is very hard to hire an immigrant over an American. In order to be granted an H1B the company must prove that there was no American available that could take that job and the employee that is being hired must have a relatively higher salary compared to other starters. What you are referring to are probably low level IT workers or CISCO system operators. There is no shortage of them in America, but there is a huge need for skilled software engineers and researchers. Do you think it helps MIT cut costs when they import foreign born Ph.D candidates by the hundreds?

In a growing economy, there is always demand and a shortage of Engineers/Doctors/STEM people. Go to the immigrations website of most major countries and they will ask you to apply if you fall in the 'short fall' category. The German economy for instance has maintained it's strength for quite a while and it is backed by one of the best education systems in the world. When someone goes for a STEM degree to Germany, they end up with a job almost every time because there is huge demand. It's the same in the US minus the educational system. The strength of the US is in it's ability to attract the best and the most hardworking people from around the world.

If you don't support outsourcing to cheaper labor you might as well end world trade as well and ask for an ultra socialist government where economic growth isn't everything and rabid consumerism doesn't drive society. Learn to compete or become irrelevant. Petition governments to provide you free high quality education so that you can compete with the impoverished third world worker who 'took your job'.

As an H1B visa recipient originally from England back in 1990 I can verify (at that time at least) your description of the difficulty and high standards set is very accurate.  I later obtained a green card and citizenship and hopefully have contributed to my new country.

stonewallbrown said:

razormaid said:

awilliams87 said:

Does anyone know a good alternative?

Smoke signals?  A local homeless person?  Anyone who has not watched news in the 20 years or so?  Anyone one of those sources would be better that the garbage they spewed. 

Sorry

The "garbage" they spewed were from different news sources and social media. About as unbiased as you can get. Again, news isn't biased. The reader is. 

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slurpy said:

digitalclips said:

As a user 7 days a week of Macs I for one miss some of the perfectionism

Macs, and MacOS were never "perfect"- not even close. However, a strong argument could be made that Macs and MacOS today are the most "perfect" (ie. best) that they've ever been since inception. At least, as someone who uses a Mac every single day and makes 100% of my revenues from it, that's my experience.