If the dollar declines against Indian and Chinese currency, will it make outsourcing more expensive and hence encourage coding jobs to come back to the US?
If the dollar declines against Indian and Chinese currency, will it make outsourcing more expensive and hence encourage coding jobs to come back to the US?
There are plenty of software jobs in the US. You need to find out what skills are desired and learn yo self.
Find a company which values quality software developers (make sure you are a quality software developer) and get a job there. Most of the outsourced code I've seen is crap. The companies which outsource are those which aren't making money directly from their software - they're just using it as a utility and it adds to costs instead of producing revenue.
Even if Indian and Chinese currency takes off, outsourcing will still exist. The big thing now is "near-shoring" to countries like Mexico and others in latin america - companies get the time-zone benefit in addition to the low cost. Outsourcing will be here for a while. But with every "roadblock" comes a greater or equal oppertunity - work for a large consulting company and you can be an on-shore lead, architect or manager. Not all jobs can be outsourced
"That speaks about who is going to be leading tomorrow."
So said Angel Gurria, secretary-general of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Every three years, the Paris-based OECD holds its Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) tests of the reading, math and science skills of 15-year-olds in developing and developed countries. Gurria was talking of the results of the 2009 tests.
Sixty-five nations competed. The Chinese swept the board.
The schools of Shanghai-China finished first in math, reading and science. Hong Kong-China was third in math and science. Singapore, a city-state dominated by overseas Chinese, was second in math, fourth in science.
Only Korea, Japan and Finland were in the hunt.
And the U.S.A.? America ranked 14th in reading, 17th in science and 25th in math, producing the familiar quack-quack.
"This is an absolute wake-up call for America," said Education Secretary Arne Duncan. "We have to face the brutal truth. We have to get much more serious about investment in education."
You mean I can spend 10 years and hundreds of thousands of dollars studying math and science then not have a job due to outsourcing? Sounds great!
Alf Shrubb wrote:
"That speaks about who is going to be leading tomorrow."
So said Angel Gurria, secretary-general of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Every three years, the Paris-based OECD holds its Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) tests of the reading, math and science skills of 15-year-olds in developing and developed countries. Gurria was talking of the results of the 2009 tests.
Sixty-five nations competed. The Chinese swept the board.
The schools of Shanghai-China finished first in math, reading and science. Hong Kong-China was third in math and science. Singapore, a city-state dominated by overseas Chinese, was second in math, fourth in science.
Only Korea, Japan and Finland were in the hunt.
And the U.S.A.? America ranked 14th in reading, 17th in science and 25th in math, producing the familiar quack-quack.
"This is an absolute wake-up call for America," said Education Secretary Arne Duncan. "We have to face the brutal truth. We have to get much more serious about investment in education."
So what are you going to do, complain about it?