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RE: Get smart about skills today for tomorrow's jobs

daileyml Updated - 9th Jan 2009

I agree whole-heartedly with Mr. Faughnan's article. However, I believe he is overlooking the fact that he is a party to the undermining of his own ideas and advice.

IBM, like most other organizations investing in offshore resources, is saving money now but undermining their very own foundation of future resources. There is no point in encouraging students to pursue technical careers when you are working to eliminate the opportunities that could be there for them in the future. Offshoring does just that. Instead of those opportunities being given to US citizens--where the opportunities could be used by the future IT worker for on the job training and knowledge acquisition--they are instead being shipped overseas where the benefits of that experience are lost on the upcoming generations here at home.

IBM isn't the only US corporation guilty of this; in fact, many, many organizations in many, many industry sectors are probably shipping a larger percentage of their jobs overseas than IBM. The problem is that as long as companies put the profits of today ahead of the possibilities of tomorrow, suggestions like those of Mr. Faughnan will matter little.

-Mike D
http://www.daileymuse.com