Career options for techies
Tuesday
Jun 21, 2005
This CNN tech article
illustrates a current career trend for graduates of tech-related
degrees who, at least for those in the west, are moving away from the
deep-coding stuff and moving towards consulting instead.
Thousands of U.S. companies have opened branches or hired contractors
in India, China and Russia, transforming a cost-saving trick into a
long-term business strategy. Offshoring may be a main factor in eroding
enthusiasm for engineering careers among American students, creating a
vast supply of low-wage labor in eastern Europe and Asia and driving
down worldwide wages.
International economics at work?
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