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Michigan loses as tech jobs slip overseas
Detroit News ^
| August 10, 2003
| Francis X. Donnelly, and Charles E. Ramirez
Posted on 08/10/2003 1:51:19 AM PDT by sarcasm
Edited on 05/07/2004 7:09:28 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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ROYAL OAK -- After two decades of factory closings, Michigan turned to the technology industry as a possible economic savior in the 1990s.
But a funny thing happened on the way to becoming the Great Lakes' Silicon Valley.
Low-level jobs in technology and other white-collar pursuits began following those in manufacturing overseas. And now, for the first time, they're being joined by higher-paying professional positions.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: outsourcing
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Software programmers work at Covansys' Bangalore, India, office.
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posted on
08/10/2003 1:51:19 AM PDT
by
sarcasm
To: harpseal
ping
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posted on
08/10/2003 1:51:45 AM PDT
by
sarcasm
(Tancredo 2004)
To: sarcasm
The first tech jobs shipped overseas two decades ago involved programming. But now the work is getting more complex: the development of software and design of Web pages. This sentence leaves me flabbergasted! Designing web pages is more "complex" then programming? "Programming" and "the development of software" are not synonymous?
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posted on
08/10/2003 3:38:06 AM PDT
by
The Duke
To: sarcasm; clamper1797; BrooklynGOP; A. Pole; Zorrito; GiovannaNicoletta; Caipirabob; Paul Ross; ...
ping
on or off this list let me know
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posted on
08/10/2003 3:54:40 AM PDT
by
harpseal
(Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown)
To: sarcasm
Guess I'll just have to start working longer and longer hours until my salary equals that of those in India.
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posted on
08/10/2003 4:32:10 AM PDT
by
Glenn
(What were you thinking, Al?)
To: Glenn
Guess I'll just have to start working longer and longer hours until my salary equals that of those in India. Wonder how much of their soda those MBAs at Coke think you will buying then.
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posted on
08/10/2003 4:41:39 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
To: sarcasm
Stop whining and go fetch me a Slurpee, American Tech Worker!
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posted on
08/10/2003 4:46:08 AM PDT
by
Caipirabob
(Democrats.. Socialists..Commies..Traitors...Who can tell the difference?)
To: sarcasm
End game: The US becomes the home of Wall Street investors and few others with incomes?
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posted on
08/10/2003 5:02:29 AM PDT
by
I_dmc
To: sarcasm
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/959787/posts Lawmaker predicts defeat for 'Buy American' language (Defense Department procurement update)
"But, in general, the protective system of our day is conservative, while the free trade system is destructive. It breaks up old nationalities and pushes the antagonism of the proletariat and the bourgeoisie to the extreme point. In a word, the free trade system hastens the social revolution. It is in this revolutionary sense alone, gentlemen, that I vote in favor of free trade." ~ Karl Marx, On the Question of Free Trade, January 9, 1848
http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/01/09ft.htm#marx "Communists and socialists feel sure that setting up international free trade systems which impose regulations chuck full of intrigues, redistribution plans, arbitrary law, and interdependence schemes, will win out against the conservative interests of every free nation. What could be better than to use free trade to reverse the advantage of the relatively free, moral, prosperous, and strong nations of the Earth, so that the tyrannical, amoral, poor, and weak nations of the socialist bloc might get the upper hand? What could be a more cunning approach than to market the idea that those who oppose free trade are enemies of freedom?"
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To: sarcasm
When is this story going to appear on the national radar screen like Kobe, Scott and AHHnold?
To: Semper Paratus
It won't. The sensationalist American media thinks that Americans are for more concerned with obscure rape, murder and Hollywood stories than we are the future of America.
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posted on
08/10/2003 6:35:20 AM PDT
by
xrp
To: Semper Paratus
Wait until Bush tried to get re-elected. Then Srories like this will be front page news.
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posted on
08/10/2003 6:59:38 AM PDT
by
jpsb
To: jpsb
if he waits and does nothing and lets it go that far, he deserves what he gets.
I got eail from two friends in two different states this past week, both tech workers, 20-25% jobs cuts this week. Tech employment is in total meltdown.
To: oceanview
Don't expect much from Bush, he is a empty suit, that is surrounded by globalists. Our only hope is a conservative Dem or a third party. Not much chance there either. We are screwed.
My personal plan is to stop buying everything that I do not absolutely need.
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posted on
08/10/2003 7:14:07 AM PDT
by
jpsb
To: sarcasm
I live in the Detroit suburbs. I do mostly contract work, which is like playing "musical jobs" every six months. My last contract just ended, and I have already had two interviews and another one scheduled for this week.
Some things that I have listed on my resume is "excellent communication skills" and "ability to explain complex technical concepts in plain English."
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posted on
08/10/2003 7:19:11 AM PDT
by
Alouette
(Every democratic politician should live next door to a pimp, so he can have someone to look up to.)
To: sarcasm
Time to close the door to H1 VISAS.
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posted on
08/10/2003 10:02:32 AM PDT
by
Dan from Michigan
("This ain't no place for a nervous person." - Mickey Redmond)
To: jpsb
Wait until Bush tried to get re-elected. Then Stories like this will be front page news. This story is on the front page of today's Sunday Detroit News.
Michigan loses as tech jobs slip overseas
Trend hurts region's 'Automation Alley' efforts
By Francis X. Donnelly, and Charles E. Ramirez / The Detroit News
Sunday, August 10, 2003
To: harpseal
2 and half pages of IT jobs in todays Wash Post. Many are only open to US CITIZENS.
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posted on
08/10/2003 10:54:53 AM PDT
by
helper
To: helper
2 and half pages of IT jobs in todays Wash Post. Many are only open to US CITIZENS. Now I would like to believe that all of these were real jobs but the simple fact is a job has to be advertised for US citizens before an H1b can be put into it. Considering the circulation area of the Washington Post and the number of operations centered in the area a reaonable number of pages would be more like 25.
Since there are so many IT people out of work an opening in Dc or Minnesota will attract resumes from all arround teh nation. The actual numbers on IT do not support any rosy scenario and I really dislike people who try posting red herrings that do nothing to improve the discussion. How many of what specific type of IT jobs here are we talking about. Are we talking maintaing PC's in an office or are we talking senior level positions requiring analytical skills. Are we talking manning a technoical help line (clerical IT position) or are we talking maintaining a legacy system. Further, in DC one is also talking about a number of lower level poistions still supporting what are classified government projects. These may be open right now in DC but that says little baout the overall health of the economy.
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posted on
08/10/2003 11:08:56 AM PDT
by
harpseal
(Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown)
To: harpseal
Before you run your keyboard, why don't look at it. They sure don't sound like zungie jobs to me.
Since you don't understand the US CITIZEN requirement, let me explain. Citizen ship is required because some level of security clearance is required. A non citizen cannot be charged with treason.
I am sure that the number of jobs listed does little to fill the void, however these Co's are running these VERY EXPENSIVE ads week after week. That would seem to indicate that they haven't found the necessary people.
I have been looking for over fifity years for an employeer that would move their job to my door step. Thus I had to move 8 times to bring my butt to their door step.
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posted on
08/10/2003 11:36:06 AM PDT
by
helper
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