Stop the US Economy Decay, and Buy American
June 3, 2011
I guess I’m considered old school, having started developing for the Internet in the mid-nineties, I remember a time when a highly talented US based Web Developer could demand 6 figures and get it. Now that same developer is losing work to an overseas developer charging $8 -$15 per hour. It is really amazing how a skill set that is as demanding as this one, when it comes to ever evolving technologies, can come to this.
You have seen on the news where we have been told that the reason for the US economy problems is in manufacturing job losses overseas, and you have seen certain news people educate us on how to do the research, to make sure that what we are buying is completely American made, all the way down to the materials sourced.
What you have not seen, is what has happened to Technology in the last 10 years. The one advantage the US has had, for many years is it’s pool of skilled labor in Technology, now you can find many from that pool of skilled labor, working in your local fast food joint, or unemployed, because his or her job is no longer needed, taken by someone located in India or the Philippines . Read more
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