[moodyskeptic]

Interesting. Thanks for posting this reasonable tome.

Many of my peers are huffy about IT outsourcing, as if they are too important to be replaced.

In the 80s and 90s, it was the Revenge of the Nerds, the guys who could navigate around a computer took over the workplace. They made us pay for not choosing them for basketball.

But did they think that only white college educated Americans could work a PC? They looked down their noses at blue collar "NFL" Americans all these years. Now it's their skill that has been cheapened.


How'z it feel... geeks?

[Alberta's Child]

But did they think that only white college educated Americans could work a PC?

Not only that, but I never understood how someone in the IT field whose job description didn't even exist 15 years ago could expect to find any long-term stability in his job.

[Myrddin]

How'z it feel... geeks?

Just fine. When my software or hardware has a problem, I know how to fix it. It is just a tool over which I have total control. No need for outside assistance.

But did they think that only white college educated Americans could work a PC?

Many people can operate an appliance...as long as it doesn't break down.

Can you explain the consequence of priority inversion in a real time operating system? How about a quick exposition on the merits of FSK, PSK or QAM? Would you choose CSMA/CD or token passing for best deterministic response? How did Shannon improve upon Nyquist's sampling theory?

If any of that wasn't familiar then we aren't having a discussion between peers.

[Lazamataz]

How'z it feel... geeks?

Pretty good, now that I just trashed your credit rating. ;^)

[Outsourcing=Competition]

But did they think that only white college educated Americans could work a PC? They looked down their noses at blue collar "NFL" Americans all these years. Now it's their skill that has been cheapened.

Amen brother. There are more folks who can program nowadays so the price is falling and these guys ain't the prima-donnas anymore. So they're cribbing.

[Happy2BMe]

It's not just the geeks losing jobs to overseas.

[old-ager]

> How'z it feel... geeks?

I agree that some payback was in order. But the worst of the know-nothing programmer wannabees are gone now. And the bigger issues are: what is our culture? (Hindu? Muslim?); what kind of place is it where people can't be gainfully employed in a dignified manner?; what will happen to this country if it cannot engineer anything -- such as advanced military system? Our security depends on being better engineers than, say, the Chinese. That's already gone, isn't it?

You know, it's pretty age-old wisdom that says that fast bucks are dangerous and deceptive.

[dljordan]

How funny! Now these arrogant American Geeks are getting theirs. You must feel gratified.