It’s not cheap labor..it’s educated labor. Remember Microsoft (evil big business)recruiting from some college in Florida, with classes set up to bring reality of the job marketplace and technology to the students in the classroom itself..and professors felt MS should not be on campus, as it took away from the freedom of a students educational experience in that the student, heaven forbid, was directed in a certain course of “job market required” study. This is the mentality of thought in education.
We also are not graduating those with the skills to be able to lead in technology. In India, most students have already been scouted and will have a job upon graduation. Check out sometime the number of engineers we graduate compared to other so named countries. Sad. If you have a calls starting out with 200 students, you are lucky to have 16 graduate, as they go on to an easier course of study.
Blame the US laying more importance allowing jobs for illiterate Hispanics from South of the Border. Yes, many of the illegals are illiterate-can speak Spanish but cannot read-so much for all the Wal-Marts and Home Depots hoping to attract this part of the population. But this opens another can of worms.
Politicians cater to the uninformed vote, the informed voter scares them.
Subject: Dumbing Down of America.
Why bother to major in computers when dolts like Gates are determined that everyone except Americans are ‘better’ (cheaper in my opinion). I have had dealings with these Indian programmers-most are not better-only cheap.