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To: Tradelite who wrote (16847)	2/6/2004 3:21:49 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 306849

Now, we apparently have a few too many trained computer/IT people in the U.S. It's time for them to regroup and retrain, What do you think a stanford educated MS in engineering, who used to be the architectural lead for microsoft project for example, should be trained for? I'm just curious. It is obvious the older people don't understand that this time, unlike previous periods, it is the highest skilled positions on the food chain that are being offshored. Lou Dobbs asked this question last night and the poor free trade guy just about choked. BTW in anticipation of commentary that these US engineers should improve their abilities to be competitive, there are already numerious studies that indicate the US based software industry has between 10-40% fewer bugs than their offshore counterparts.

To: Tradelite who wrote (16847)	2/6/2004 3:34:56 PM
From: gpowell	Respond to of 306849

I read a FED report back in 1997-8 that said there was severe shortage of IT workers. About the same time, my friend was running his grocery store chain into debt and eventual bankruptcy. He took a 6-week networking course and immediately landed a 60K a year job with a bond trading firm in Chicago. Within a couple of years was earning over 100k. Lucky for him he still has a job. Meanwhile, most highly educated and experienced engineers in the semiconductor field were lucky to be making 80K. Those jobs started shifting off shore in the late 80’s. It happens – you just have to roll with the punches.