[CLUE-Talk] Job web sites to visit

[Jeffery Cann]

On Thursday 05 December 2002 10:48 pm, Sean LeBlanc wrote:

> Again, different scenario. They are not getting fewer laborers. They are
> exploiting the different living conditions and/or strength of the dollar in
> other countries and maybe even using MORE laborers.

This is not the case from my example of N1 plan by Sun.  Here's an excerpt 
from the article.  Notice the last sentence -- without having to keep an army 
of system administrators...'

"N1 is focused on reducing that number and allowing companies to use their 
resources on added value projects and doing more with less. N1 is an 
evolution of the system that will have a revolutionary effect on the data 
center," MacKay said. "In the N1 world, customers can expand their IT 
resources to an unprecedented scale, increase utilization rates exponentially 
and deploy new services in hours without having to keep an army of systems 
administrators working on maintaining the network." 

Given this statement from a Sun representative, explain to me how a system of 
system administrators (assumed to have college degrees) won't lose their 
jobs?

It is _exactly_ the same thing as manufacturing.  Just because you and I have 
degrees doesn't mean our jobs won't be whacked.  Whether you think you'll be 
replaced by so called 'foreign' labor or automated out of existence (my 
point) you're still out of a job.

In the near term, I agree with you that a lot of higher priced labor in the US 
may be replaced by lower cost 'foreign' labor.  But, in the long term, 
automation will replace most everyone, foreign or domestic.

Jeff

>
> > Ironically, I think that technology has enabled things like 'free trade'
> > to come to fruition.  Were it not for a global communications network and
> > sophisticated software to track and ship orders, what use is world-wide
> > trade?  We (the technologists) are victims of our own success.  We have
> > enabled our business leaders to consider the elimination our jobs because
> > we have became too good at improving / automating business processes.
> >
> > <sarcasm>
> > I look forward to the day when we can all live a simpler lifestyle after
> > the robots take over.  Unfortunately, I'm afraid that at 31 years old, I
> > won't live to see the utopia I see portrayed in Star Trek movies.
> > </sarcasm>

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