Sandlin wrote: > > Yibbels, > I read the article, and BG said he can't find skilled workers in > the USA. What about all those unemployed IT peolple whose jobs went > overseas? Aren't they skilled? > Gates just made another huge error in decision-making in my opinion.
Maybe not. Beyond intelligence and education levels, there may be a good reason Gates wants (certain) foreign workers. All other things being equal, many Asian cultures hold rank and hierarchy in a corporation in much higher regard than Americans (and other western cultures) do. * Gates may be looking for people that are willing to work for him but not question his decision making or systems architectures. A combination of culture and being a contractor that, when out of a job must leave the USA, makes for employees who will just shut up and code. Americans, on the other hand, don't hesitate to tell supervisors (or anyone on the usenet ;-)) that they are full of sh*t. When they have had enough, they'll just quit and start up a competing company. * Back when I worked in the aviation industry, this phenomenon was identified as a contributing factor in several aircraft accidents involving Asian airline crews. Co-pilots or ground controllers do not dare question the authority of the pilot of an aircraft, even if they spot an error or have a difference of opinion. One incident in particular was a voice recording of the co-pilot of a Korean 747 trying to communicate (ineffectively in the end) a problem with glide slope instrumentation without offending the pilot. All the way into the side of a hill. -- Paul Hovnanian mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------ If the first attempt at making a drawing board had been a failure, what would they go back to? _______________________________________________ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
