A number of years ago in a Corporate sponsored business class called "The
World is Flat", we were told pretty much the same thing. The only
difference is that it was not 1-2 generations out, but here now. I think
the USA College grad numbers are about 20% of the adult population, sans the
kids, do the math and I think the future you reference is here now.
MK
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Sent: Monday, July 11, 2016 12:13 PM
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Subject: [TowerTalk] AES SK
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2016 23:27:58 -0400
From: "Roger (K8RI) on TT" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] AES SK
A thought:
I read that in another generation or two, India will have more people with 4
year college degrees than the total US population. Can China be far behind?
They have highly qualified people who WANT to work, while we have many
college grads who want to tell their employers what they will do. I've seen
a drastic change in new hire attitudes in my 50 plus years in industry
73
Roger (K8RI)
## I ran into this young fellow the other day..working night shift at local
711. he was the only one in there that knows up from down. real bright.
Turns out he is one of our Syrian refugees..that arrived here
in town not too long ago. Turns out he has a masters degree in electrical
engineering.....from a university
in Jordan..plus a lot more education. Aged 25. he applies to all the
cable companies, and also telcos, cell
companies.. via their online hiring method. Then gets zero reply from all
of em. he has zero work experience in
any of his fields, just loads of education...and lotsa paper work +
references to prove it. I said id help him out if I can
as I still know the right folks in the industry. At least get the paper
work to the right place. I have seen too much
talent walk right out the door. too bad. he was willing to relocate
anywhere..and work any hrs. All he really wanted was just an interview.
## all these 11,000 folks the local telco hired in the philipines.... all
have a min of 4 years university. They do everything
from processing orders for various telcos... to fielding calls for visa /MC
and amex. Huge call centers. A huge
chunk of our engineering depts have now gone to india. Our engineers were
really pissed off with that fiasco. They
came here from india..and sit beside our engineers.... who show em step by
step how to do the work, process an
eng request for XXX etc. Then 6 months later, the same indian fellow is
now doing their job. Local eng retires,
and not replaced. But no way in hell can anybody here in NA even begin to
compete with cheap ( highly educated)
folks on the other side of the planet. gates was paying indian software
types like $5K per year..which is a kings ransom
over there. Philipinos make abt $15- 20 per day ..and none of em get any
benefits..or very minimal.
## In india, they process one helluva lot of income tax forms for the IRS
in the usa. that plus a lot of other stuff. Now
state govts are farming out work to em. When the internet started.. we
all predicted... electronic sweat shops in 20 years,
and we were correct. You can now email the MRI / CT scan to some Dr
in India..who will analyze it for u..then email back the
results. U got no idea whats coming down the pipe in the next 2-5 years.
Local telco is now installing fiber directly into all homes.
The bandwidth is insane. 1500 gig bi directional on one strand is the
norm these days..which is then shared by just 12 x customers.
Homes get one strand..and business gets 3 strands. Each strand is divided
into 12..via a prism into 12 channels. One channel
per home...and 3 x channels for most business customers. banks and
financial institutions, govt offices etc, get a lot more... +
redundant strands. 4k video and high res mri /ct etc, is all geared up
to process vast amounts of data.... on the other side of the planet.
Jim VE7RF
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