[gameprogrammer] Give it a rest....Re: Re: PC game Outsourcing

I think we have pretty much beat this to death...

If you folks want to keep the discussion going lets please focus on
positive actions that we can take to improve our situation rather than
arguing about the definition of the problem.

As far as I can see the problem is that programmers have become a
commodity and, as would be expected, the market picking the "best"
provider of that commodity. That is, the provider that gives the best
combination of price and quality.

It has been pointed out that from a social service point of view we in
the US are poor compared to our competitors in Canada and the EU. The
existence of government funded heath services and retirement funds
increases the cost of running a business there, but reduces the cost of
salaries and enables people to move around more easily creating a more
free labor market. The US labor market is skewed by the danger people
face from losing their health insurance when they change jobs. And, the
extra cost of health insurance for workers over 30 creates an economic
barrier to hiring experienced workers that does not exist (at least to
the same level) in the EU and Canada.

So, what actions can we, as individual citizens of our countries, do the
create the kind of jobs we want where we want them?

And, I am not limiting this to people in the EU and NAFTA states. I know
people on this list are from pretty much every continent except
Antarctica. So what do we, the citizens of the world, do to support our
selves during this economic shift?

                Bob Pendleton

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