Phil, Thanks for the reply. Free enterprise is what makes and has made this country great. We all do need to get creative!
I agree you are on point. I have a high interest in all that you have mentioned. I do see a need for the home theatre and automation. Check out my last two installs. I love seeing the smiles worn by happy customers....This is the reason I got out of the Automotive repair business...It's a bad news business! http://volkswagner.com/gate/TV01.jpg http://volkswagner.com/gate/TV02.jpg Articulating bracket on this one http://volkswagner.com/Pleasantville/PvilleB4one.jpg http://volkswagner.com/Pleasantville/Pville3.jpg Should have photographed while I still had daylight! Cheers, Eric On Tue, 2010-05-04 at 12:49 -0400, Sean Phelan wrote: > Phil, > > > > This is all part of the Wal*Marting of America. We're exporting all > jobs except for the very top executives. An economy can't survive > > with only people flipping burgers to each other. Please write to > your congresscritter and your senators, and demand an immediate > > end to the H-1B visa program. It has been fraudulent from the very > beginning -- there never was a tech worker shortage; it was all > > contrived to bring in foreign workers and break our wages. Consider > doing like I'm going to do from now on, and never vote for > > anyone on the democrat or republican line -- only third party > candidates. The two entrenched parties need to be destroyed, and > > something less corrupt brought in to replace them. Think about it! > There may be many good reasons to kick the bums out, but job loss in > knowledge work fields is not one them. This is the free market at work - and > I hate to be on the losing end of it, but I understand the why just fine. > > Someone in India can go to college, study hard, come out with some > math/programming experience, and work for an American company for a nice wage > (by Indian standards), although much less than a comparable American gets. > > Why/when does this work? When the cutural distinction of actually BEING an > American doesn't add any value. > > Exporting Call Centers has been a bit of a flop, and sales will likely not go > over well. Graphic design can go if the American client isn't too picky > about their tastes. > > Programming/webdev can go when the specs are simple and straightforward - ie, > write a Joomla/drupal/wordpress plugin that does XYZ, or take a PSD web > mockup and turn it into actual HTML/CSS, or troubleshoot why 2 browsers show > the same page differently. > > The only way for us to survive is to bring more value to the table. > Remember, WE can also hire these same offshore guys to work for us and bring > down OUR costs, while delivering a valuable service to our clients. > > Slippery slope, I know, but not one we can really change while America is > rich and other educated/english-speaking/educated countries are not. > > Could we stop it? Not without changing the country. I'd rather see us focus > on bringing back food production (quality issues) and lower-end manufacturing > (China is poisoning it's peasants to send us cheap plastic), not strictly for > economic reasons. > > ERIC ... back to your original query, don't let me discourage you, of course! > Has anyone mentioned the possibility of doing cell phone support for end > users? As the smart phones get more complicated, I think this will be a > growing field, and noone out there is truly qualified to do it right now. > Computer techs can do some, but this is as much about business automation > (making sure the address books sync up with the CRM system, etc) > > The other possibilities that come to mind are AC programming - the big > climate-control systems have to be programmed, and that would dovetail nicely > with your electrical backgroung. > > Another one is home theater and home networking - simple stuff, package it > for $200-300 installed, keep it wireless so the install is easy, and you > could get some volume ... even train a 19-year-old to do some of the installs > for you while you sell and plan. > > Good luck! > > Sp > > Sean Phelan > VIRTUssist.com - Outsourced Administrative, Marketing, and Secretarial > support > http://www.sqcn.com - Web Development & Management by Sequoia > Consulting > (321)698-7987 > > > > On 5/4/2010 11:14 AM, Phil M Perry wrote: > > On 5/3/2010 10:37 PM, Michael Quick wrote: > > > Another thing, an employer "trick" is to list everything under the > > > sun "required" for the job so they can claim you do not meet them > > > all. Then they can offer you less money. Hence it's prudent to be > > > knowledgeable and explain that to employers, but I wouldn't try to > > > bolster or actually meet them all. > > > > Actually, it's worse than that. It's a wide open secret in the Tech > > world that the proper way to recruit is to load up the requirements > > with anything plausibly related to the position. No one can honestly > > state that they meet all the requirements (except for those > > currently or formerly employed at that company), which gives the > > employer the opening to say "no Americans can meet these job > > requirements, so we need to get an Indian on an H-1B visa". All > > Indian staffing agencies are liars -- the stated skill set consists > > of reading a book on the subject on the flight over -- but by the > > time the employer discovers that, it's too late for them to back > > out. Besides, H-1Bs work for sweatshop wages, so employers can > > afford the lower productivity or even have to hire two workers, and > > they still come out ahead. No employer is willing to take a good, > > productive American worker and spend a week training them in the > > specific software the company uses -- they have to be skilled and > > ready to go on Day One, which is bullshit. It's just an excuse not > > to pay American workers what they're worth! > > > > This is all part of the Wal*Marting of America. We're exporting all > > jobs except for the very top executives. An economy can't survive > > with only people flipping burgers to each other. Please write to > > your congresscritter and your senators, and demand an immediate end > > to the H-1B visa program. It has been fraudulent from the very > > beginning -- there never was a tech worker shortage; it was all > > contrived to bring in foreign workers and break our wages. Consider > > doing like I'm going to do from now on, and never vote for anyone on > > the democrat or republican line -- only third party candidates. The > > two entrenched parties need to be destroyed, and something less > > corrupt brought in to replace them. Think about it! > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > > May 5 - Crack and LLVM > > Jun 2 - Android > > Jul 7 - Patent Absurdity - The Movie > > > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > May 5 - Crack and LLVM > Jun 2 - Android > Jul 7 - Patent Absurdity - The Movie _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium May 5 - Crack and LLVM Jun 2 - Android Jul 7 - Patent Absurdity - The Movie
