[TowerTalk] AES SK

[Jim Thomson]

Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2016 23:27:58 -0400
From: "Roger (K8RI) on TT" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk at tm.net>
To: towertalk at 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