[ale] OT: This is sure to set y'all's hair on fire..

[Keeler, James]

Mark,

Regardless of where I work or what my certification is, I can be concerned
for the health of the industry in which I work.  I am in no way different
from anyone else who works in the IT sector.  At any moment I can be fired
and replaced.  Therefore, when something affects the IT job market it
concerns me.

Global competition is very healthy for programming.  It helps to get more
secure, more stable, programs to market faster (that's why Linux is so
badass).  With that said, companys such as Microsoft moving programming jobs
overseas will not benefit the American economy, only the bottom line for
Microsoft.  Then what happens to those EXTREMELY talented programmers who
worked for Microsoft?  They are forced to take jobs in lesser facets of the
industry.  This all causes a surge in unemployment in the industry and next
thing you know the market is flooded with people.  Suddenly, having a BS
from GaTech isn't good enough to get you a job, and if you do get a job it
pays significantly less than it would have 5 years ago.

Let's face it, a job working as a sysop is not going to disappear, but can
you really expect to compete with someone with a graduate degree?

FYI, I used MS as an example.  Please don't crucify me.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
James R. Keeler, MCSE
Information Systems Specialist
Hamilton County Sheriff's Office
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


-----Original Message-----
From: mark [mailto:marklame at emetastar.com] 
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 4:05 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] OT: This is sure to set y'all's hair on fire..


Hey James, peace brother!!  But, your email really pissed me off!!  First of

all, what are you worried about, you work for the government!!  Don't tell
me 
the Hamilton County Sheriff's office is going to replace your job with 
someone in India???  I just don't see it happening!!!

Secondly, in Eric Raymond's 'The Cathedral and Bazaar', he refers to
something 
called 'EgoBoo'.  (*See Definition below*)  'EgoBoo' is, if I'm a really 
fantastic programmer, I can compete with other programmers and make a name 
for myself in the Open Source Community.  'EgoBoo' is what fuels Open Source

Development.  It's tech folks COMPETING GLOBALLY in a cooperative 
community!!!

Global competition is going to make technology better!!  If U.S. Tech has a 
'MONOPOLY' on all the Tech Jobs, where's the accountability, challenge to be

better??

Now think, where have we seen  the words 'MONOPOLY and TECHNOLOGY' used 
together???!!!  Is that a question on the MCSE Exam???

Input please,  Mark

egoboo
(EE.goh.boo) n. Recognition and praise for a task well done, particularly a 
task that is performed for free. Also: ego-boo.

Example Citation:
"In science-fiction-fan-speak there's a phenomenon called 'egoboo.'...It
means 
a boost in reputation. Hackers operate in a gift economy in which giant-size

egos compete with one another for attention and reputation on the Net. If
you 
do something cool, like reduce the length of a subroutine by 50 percent, you

score major egoboo."
?Mark Frauenfelder, "Man Against the FUD," LA Weekly, May 21, 1999


Earliest Citation:
The IRS refused a tax exemption for St. Louis Science Fiction Limited, whose

principal activity is holding an annual convention that includes a
masquerade 
party, a sing-along and an auction. Panelists discuss such topics as "What's

so Horrible about Horror?" and "I'm Doing This for Ego-boo." ?Jim Luther,
"Tips From the Tax Court and How to Get SMART," The Associated 
Press, April 16, 1985   

On Thursday 04 December 2003 08:09 am, Keeler, James wrote:
> Tech Support jobs, Help Desk jobs, manufacturing jobs, design jobs, 
> programming jobs, and even some remote maintenance jobs are all moving 
> overseas...  Not a god sign for the tech community in America.  If 
> this trend continues (and it will) we will see a market flooded with 
> VERY over qualified field techs and a sharp drop in salaries.
>
> This can't be good.
>
> We all need to pray that every tech company to ship jobs overseas will 
> feel the angst that pushed Dell to move support centers BACK to 
> America.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> James R. Keeler, MCSE
> Information Systems Specialist
> Hamilton County Sheriff's Office
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles Shapiro [mailto:cshapiro at nubridges.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 2:06 PM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: [ale] OT: This is sure to set y'all's hair on fire..
>
>
>
>
> http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2003/12/01
>
> I ain't gonna get into any discussion about good or bad. It's just... 
> interesting.
>
> --- CHS
>
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