Comments on: America and the World After Bush: 12 Step Recovery Plan http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/america_and_the_world_after_bush_12_step_recovery_plan/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:10:32 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: M1EK http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/america_and_the_world_after_bush_12_step_recovery_plan/comment-page-1/#comment-654129 M1EK Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:47:30 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/?p=30270#comment-654129 The globalization answer is glib, but foolish. Take my field (software) as an example: We were supposed to 'move up the value chain' to architecture-like or senior development positions and then offshore all our more junior positions to India and the like. Problem is that if it worked (it didn't, but let's pretend it did), then where do the US architects or senior programmers come from in the future? You've just offshored all your jobs that people have to spend time in to get to those more senior or creative or valuable roles. The globalization answer is glib, but foolish. Take my field (software) as an example:

We were supposed to 'move up the value chain' to architecture-like or senior development positions and then offshore all our more junior positions to India and the like.

Problem is that if it worked (it didn't, but let's pretend it did), then where do the US architects or senior programmers come from in the future? You've just offshored all your jobs that people have to spend time in to get to those more senior or creative or valuable roles.

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