Why Yourdon Is Right About [American] Politicians (Score 1)

I've never thought of this, (mainly because I don't have breasts), but I wonder if most women here in the U.S. would feel more (or less) confident knowing that their mammograms are being analyzed by somebody over in India who may very well be on a "productivity schedule" - requiring that "X" number of mammograms be processed each hour? Does an Indian radiologist really care as much about your x-ray as perhaps the radiologist who works for your personal physician in your hometown? Yourdon's observation about American politicians not really giving a damn about American programmers - and whether or not their jobs stay here in the United States - is spot on correct. Unlike CEO's and business people in general, who tend to be "organized" and highly involved in politics, (read "fundraising"), knowledge workers are notorious for being politically uninvolved. (Engineers are especially noteworthy for being averse to politics.) Of course, there is a cost involved in shunning political involvement, and (increasingly) that "cost" is your job.