CNN.com: U.S. Tech Workers Training Their Replacements

[manly]

From the "when you thought it couldn't get any worse" dept.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/biztech/08/11/training.replacements.ap/index.html

 

[conjur]

Nothing new

Sucks out there for many people in the tech field.

 

[T3C]

R

 

[DurocShark]

:|

 

[freegeeks]

E

 

[manly]

Originally posted by: cybpnk
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Your insight is just brilliant!

FWIW, conjur's reference shares one Gartner quote with this article, which ostensibly isn't about outsourcing itself. Everybody hates Gartner anyway, so it's not like their expert analysis counts for much.

I agree it's nothing new, but this does take things to the next level. Personally, finances permitting, I'd rather quit a job than personally train the offshore replacement to obsolete myself in a few months.

There's something ironic about tech companies whining that U.S. universities don't produce enough qualified graduates, but they use their own salaried employees to train overseas juniors to get up to pace.

 

[CanOWorms]

Originally posted by: manly

Originally posted by: cybpnk
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Your insight is just brilliant!

FWIW, conjur's reference shares one Gartner quote with this article, which ostensibly isn't about outsourcing itself. Everybody hates Gartner anyway, so it's not like their expert analysis counts for much.

I agree it's nothing new, but this does take things to the next level. Personally, finances permitting, I'd rather quit a job than personally train the offshore replacement to obsolete myself in a few months.

There's something ironic about tech companies whining that U.S. universities don't produce enough qualified graduates, but they use their own salaried employees to train overseas juniors to get up to pace.

I don't think we have enough domestic students that go into engineering. I'm not sure what they would refer foreign grad students as if they get a job in the US or whatever, but if you look at the rosters of EECE grad schools, they're mostly international students. I think it's pretty difficult to recruit domestic students for MS/phd work, so maybe we don't have enough qualified graduates.

 

[Chadder007]

Im not supporting any company now that is sending their tech support out to India. Its rediculous.....Dell is included in this now.

 

[The Wildcard]

That's just so messed up.

 

[The Wildcard]

This is sorta unbelievable....

Dallas-based Texas Instruments also imports L-1 electrical engineers. With U.S. colleges graduating fewer U.S.-born engineers and the population of foreign-born science graduates mushrooming, TI has to look overseas for talent, spokesman Dan Larson said.

I just cannot see that when I know there are alot of electrical engineers just in my area, silicon valley, who just graduated and are jobless. I am sure that if it's happening in San Jose, it's surely happening in Dallas. I just don't believe that there are not enough engineers.

 

[bcterps]

Originally posted by: Chadder007
Im not supporting any company now that is sending their tech support out to India. Its rediculous.....Dell is included in this now.

Good luck, the trend is here to stay. Soon you'll be boycotting every company out there.

 

[StageLeft]

I'd read that but I find invariably evertime I read a link of that kind I get depressed so I'm not going to.

 

[Schadenfroh]

im still in highschool, should i rule out the tech industry for a major?

 

[CanOWorms]

Originally posted by: The_Wildcard
This is sorta unbelievable....

Dallas-based Texas Instruments also imports L-1 electrical engineers. With U.S. colleges graduating fewer U.S.-born engineers and the population of foreign-born science graduates mushrooming, TI has to look overseas for talent, spokesman Dan Larson said.

I just cannot see that when I know there are alot of electrical engineers just in my area, silicon valley, who just graduated and are jobless. I am sure that if it's happening in San Jose, it's surely happening in Dallas. I just don't believe that there are not enough engineers.

I don't think that there are not enough engineers with more than just a BS/BE.