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Comment Re:How do we avoid the return of Luddites? (Score 1) 409

In case of violence, I see a great opportunity for security jobs. Hire the strong ones to pacify the other weaker ones. But seriously, there will always be new jobs that can be created. For instance those data scientists need people gathering and inputting data. Services that society could not afford will suddenly become affordable. Like maids/servants, now it is too expensive to hire someone like that. Look how many people still do menial work that is too expensive to outsource. All those jobs will come back if some people have no work but the wealth of the country as a whole increases.

Comment Re:Product ready? (Score 1) 74

Head of Talent and Head of recruitment have a huge impact. They basically decide what kind of engineers will be designing this thing. And probably they can poach a few top talents for key positions from Tesla and Airbus. And talent attracts talent. Would you join a startup from Marissa Mayer or Elon Musk? It is a world of difference even if the person doesn't do much themselves.

Comment Re:Five bucks for everything Disney owns? (Score 1) 130

I think this is more to do with you being the only parent who sets boundaries for their kids. Parents who let kids watch whatever are probably also going to be hands off in other areas. I watched a lot of crap on TV, but was always well behaved as my parents where quite strict in setting boundaries. I used to have big trouble explaining to friends that they where not allowed to just take whatever food and snacks where in the house and we should ask instead of raid the fridge.

Comment Re:Not deadly yet (Score 0) 416

People will manage. They can adapt much faster than the proposed change. Move all activity to the night and hide out in cool places during the day. That sort of thing. In many places it's dangerous outside in winter. Doesn't mean we can't manage to live there. The actual problems are farming, nature and extreme weather incidents.

Comment Re:near shoring is the winner (Score 1) 172

So you're saying that companies should hire trainees. I bet that is actually being done already, but you would not earn much. Also, one of the most expensive things is bad programmers adding hidden bugs to your system. So most companies don't want to deal with that headache and either want good people, or push the problem to some external party. I actually also learned coding on my own and had to work for low wages the first few years. But it helps if you have some other engineering degree to prove you have a minimum level of competence. It is quite an investment, and if you produce nothing, or even break things even a low wage is not enough. Why don't you start with working on some opensource project, or make a few apps. Then you would have no problem getting an entry level software job, I'm sure.

Comment near shoring is the winner (Score 4, Insightful) 172

It's not so much the distance or the timezone that is a problem with India, or even the culture. It's the companies that run scam like business models by putting low quality engineers into place and training them on your clock. Recently Tata consultancy had a large round of firings of senior staff because engineers that are actually good at what they do would be expensive to retain and thus make less profit. There are many good engineers in India. But they work for the companies that pay well like Google or they become managers. If you buy cheap, you get what you pay for. One problem however is that there are not enough people going into software development and at one point the only way to get people is to look over the border.

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