[quote=all]The market is truly global. I work at a small company and I coordinate with or lead people working in 8 different time zones. I wish I had some of those guys in the office with me, but few that I did ask were not interested in relocating to the US.
So, the alternative to an H1B worker sitting in a cubicle here is the same guy sitting in a cubicle overseas working for you (if you are lucky), or competing with you. The article the OP posted says as much – 70% of the work is being offshored.[/quote]
Yea, that’s been the story at the last five companies I’ve been at. Of course, the USA staff is expected to suck up the gaps at the moment since availability out of the office in many of those locations is poor, but the work is going, actually, like manufacturing, it’s largely gone. The mid-level guys don’t really exist on shore anymore because we quit hiring on-shore entry level guys 5-10 years ago.
The model going forward is simple:
1) exploit niche to high level
2) exit niche when commoditizes
3) retrain to new niche
or exit the line of work and move to something else, however medical, accounting, any skilled profession is going the way of global commodity.
