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>I do think the 500,000 computer geeks over here that don't have their jobs anymore are not the most skilled ones here....and probably the 'bottom of the barrel' for the most part.

I suspect, Victor, that you've enunciated exactly the rationalization that the corporate big-wigs who make such decisions want people to feel.

But you can be sure that competence has NOTHING WHATSOEVER to do with any offshoring decision and it's all money.

It seems that MBA training forgets to focus even 1 iota on the societal impact of any decision. As the decision-makers make these STUPID decisions they get more $$$ by which to insulate themselves and their families from the effects they cause.

To write off 500,000 offshored IT jobs as "bottom of the barrel" is the ultimate in arrogance, really.

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