There has been considerable debate of late about the merits/perils of outsourcing often generating rather contradictory arguments about outsourcing itself to its effects on the economy and society. Being an engineer, I have always been curious to know how the profession most affected by outsourcing reacts. I found a wonderful article on eetimes.com. It offered a unique perspective of outsourcing because it was written and commented mainly by westerners.
From what I could gauge from the article, Americans have been badly affected because their once prized engineering jobs are off shored to countries like India or China where labor is cheaper. While some of them suggest drastic measures like banning H1B visas, most of the others are more reflective and objective on the issue. They agree that its something that they have to fix with their own system- their education system is too expensive with the result that engineers need to be paid far more than their peers in developing countries. Some also lament that their own talent pool is diminishing with fewer kids choosing engineering with the result that the US is loosing its technological edge it held over the rest of the world for such a long time.
Do take a look at the article. I found it a fascinating read during what had been till then a rather lackluster day.
From what I could gauge from the article, Americans have been badly affected because their once prized engineering jobs are off shored to countries like India or China where labor is cheaper. While some of them suggest drastic measures like banning H1B visas, most of the others are more reflective and objective on the issue. They agree that its something that they have to fix with their own system- their education system is too expensive with the result that engineers need to be paid far more than their peers in developing countries. Some also lament that their own talent pool is diminishing with fewer kids choosing engineering with the result that the US is loosing its technological edge it held over the rest of the world for such a long time.
Do take a look at the article. I found it a fascinating read during what had been till then a rather lackluster day.
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