Outsourcing is Good for You 963
gManZboy writes "Catherine Mann, from the Institute for International Economics, has a look at What Global Outsourcing Means for U.S. IT Workers up over at Queue. She's got an interesting argument: outsourcing means cheaper IT products, meaning businesses will buy more, meaning more products to make & manage = net gain of IT jobs in the US. Ummm, did you follow that?"
Outsourcing your own job. (Score:5, Funny)
Corrected version (Score:5, Funny)
a net gain of _outsourced_ jobs in the US
United States? (Score:2, Funny)
it sure is (Score:5, Funny)
it really works (Score:5, Funny)
So you actually *made* money in Amway? (Score:5, Funny)
Protect yourself by becoming useful (Score:4, Funny)
Build trust over a decade or so.
When the upcoming collapse is in full swing, abuse that trust by handing the boss over to the tar-n-feathers brigade.
Ya gotta think long term.
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Perpetual Employment! (Score:3, Funny)
Chewbacca Economic Theory (Score:5, Funny)
This has to be the first ever economic theory equivalent of the Chewbacca Defense [wikipedia.org].
Re:Perpetual Employment! (Score:5, Funny)
Shh! (Score:3, Funny)
Remember the following 5 slashdot offshoring axioms:
Re:Outsourcing your own job. (Score:5, Funny)
"I just hired a person that takes care of all my worries for me"
"that's great. how much does he charge?"
"$200 the hour"
"how are you gonna afford that?"
"i have no idea. let him worry about that"
Re:It IS good for us. (Score:3, Funny)
Well, you see, to use your keyboard, you place the right hand on the keyboard, and you place the left hand on the keyboard. Then, using the little keys on the keyboard (which have been conveniently coded) you code. With your hands.
Next time we'll discuss the mouse.
Re:Chewbacca Economic Theory (Score:1, Funny)
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If you lined up the world's economists in a line, they wouldn't reach a conslusion.
Re:Chewbacca Economic Theory (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Shh! (Score:2, Funny)
What about this... (Score:4, Funny)
Catherine Mann, from the Institute for International Economics, has a look at What Global Outsourcing Means for U.S. IT Workers up over at Queue. She's got an interesting argument: outsourcing means cheaper IT products, meaning businesses will buy more, meaning more products to make & manage = net gain of IT jobs in the US.
I say outsource her job, then see what she has to say about it.
Upcoming Indo-Pakistani War will correct this (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Outsourcing your own job. (Score:2, Funny)
Free flow of knowledge? Scary stuff. We should keep these foreigners ignorant or we won't have anyone to pretend we're better than.