tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post5689596933095743822..comments2023-11-05T04:36:14.223-08:00Comments on The Mess That Greenspan Made: I quit my job three years ago todayTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530974968126497397noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-55932861330482360452010-03-03T01:14:43.153-08:002010-03-03T01:14:43.153-08:00Kudos... though to be fair, there are still good...Kudos... though to be fair, there are still good jobs in technology that can't be outsourced - e.g. sales engineers. I put in a few good years as a software sales engineer and always enjoyed solving problems and helping clients. But left all that and high cost NoCal in 2004 to raise 4 kids in a more conducive environment... so I hear ya...chweenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-86933598449589816892010-03-02T07:28:15.698-08:002010-03-02T07:28:15.698-08:00Not really... I don't really think of this as ...Not really... I don't really think of <i>this</i> as work - certainly not when you consider how it pays...Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530974968126497397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-86533864052105208842010-03-01T18:31:24.996-08:002010-03-01T18:31:24.996-08:00Tim said: "The job market must be pretty awfu...<i>Tim said: "The job market must be pretty awful for U.S.-based engineers these days. As I understand it, the facility where I worked in Agoura Hills that, at the peak of the tech boom had over 2,000 employees, is now down to about 10 or 20 percent of that."</i><br /><br />But Microsoft, Intel, ... tell Congress there is a skills shortage - that the US need more engineers and software developers - and therefore need to import even more guest workers ... as if offshore outsourcing is not doing enough damage on its own to careers in these fields.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com