[Bluntpoint]

Name one technology that is not in immediate danger of being outsourced or off-shored? The only one I can think of is Nuclear Submarines!

And Walmart has driven most of the "Mom and Pop" nuclear submarime manufacturers out of business!

[BushCountry]

American companies are in a business cycle where they must upgrade their I/T to survive. They held back too long due the to terrorist threat and their aging equipment is degrading. Look for renewed spending as the cash flows in.  Below is the listing for the fastest growing jobs. 

Job Search - Job Listing - Fastest Growing Jobs [1998-2008]

• Data Communication Analysts +106% change
• Computer Security Specialists +106% change
• Computer Engineers +103% change
• Computer Systems Analysts +85% change
• Computer Support Specialists +85% change
• Page Layout Workers +76% change
• Chiropractors +70% change
• Paralegals +68% change
• Medical Assistants +62% change

These doom and gloom posts are so funny. There is a very good chance that we will experience a GDP of 6.5% or greater, millions of jobs will be created as people and companies open their purse strings, and all you can say is but, but...

Kind of like the guy who wins a million dollars, but complains that the guy that gave him the check had shifty eyes. The refusal to see the possibility of something good is an curious phenomena that is ingrained in these posts. The world is changing, things are getting better, Americans are a strong and resourceful people, the nation will survive and still be the envy of the world.   Have faith in America and in the American people that make this country so great, thank you very much.
 

[Doohickey]

The only one I can think of is Nuclear Submarines! Damn, and here I thought my 13 years of submarine experience was wasted. I can't wait until nuclear submarine crews are privatized so I can leverage my skills!

[Thunder 6]

"And Walmart has driven most of the "Mom and Pop" nuclear submarime manufacturers out of business!"

LOL...good one!
regards,

[LS]

Walmart has driven most of the "Mom and Pop" nuclear submarime manufacturers out of business.

Simply false. There are more new small businesses starting up every year that compete with Wal Mart than you could imagine. Admittedly, some are more "niche" than others, but that has always been the key to success. Apple didn't try to build a supercomputer---it went for the part of the computer market IBM didn't address.

Wal Mart cannot be competitive in everything. It's book/magazine section, for example, while huge nationally, is pathetically small in choices, and will never compete with traditional book stores or chains. The paranoia about Wal Mart is really sad.

[Helms]

My take on this is that US upper echelon academia is doing a shi--y job of producing MBA grads and an excellent job producing nihilistic anti-moral capitalism and a cultural cesspool.