What will your job be in 10 years?

10 years? Hmm. In theory I will have my Ph.D. in math 2010 or something. A few years after that, I have no clue. People alwaya ask me what I want to do... I am 19 and I still don't know. I might try working for a think-tank... that would be cool.
 
The U.S. needless to say is scared! BPO is proving to be a "pain in ass" kind of thing for U.S. Whatever norms they pass is not going to affect India's status as BPO Superpower,since it would account for only 2% of jobs.
You have to understand that this is U.S. not India.Had this been India,People are emotional enough for nation to stop this.But U.S. is different.We aretalking about Millions or billions at stake here,Are the American Corps ready for such huge amts of losses? the question remains to be answered.Meanwhile this is not fair.If Americans are capable enough then why do Companies opt for this?

gee...

bye!
 
The good and bad of BPO:

It is a good thing because some of the labor intensive activities can be done cheaply elsewhere. That could leave the company to hire more marketing and customer facing people. I know a friend of my kid who is rotting in a Fortune 10 company doing COBOL stuff. She had dreams of doing some exciting stuff while going to college in Comp Science.

So, theoretically, low price and higher productivity should benefit US Companies an hence overall economy.

Now the bad part:

Companies are smart enough for BPO which is basically telecommuting from overseas, yet dumb enough to do the same in USA. There are plenty of people who could work from home at much lower salary if given a chance using a broadband connection. I expected small office centers to pop up with broadband connection in rural communities for just such activities. That neve happened because the Human Resources department is dumb.

So, a lot of well paid people are out of work. That is a drag in the economy because the gain you make in efficiency does not help if you lost the customers. 30% of zero is always zero.

The sad part is, we do not have any real new fangled technology - simply because, the interest groups stifle innovation. Look at RIAA, MPAA etc that do not want new technology unless they can control it with higher price. The other part is Healthcare drags the economy and the price is going through the roof. Government spending will be an alltime high by 2008 due to a lot of retirement.

Bottom Line: You are heading for a crappy economy in 2008, BPO efficiency is neutralized by people out of work, class action law suits creates a major indirect tax, Healthcare sucks all the left overs and Corporations do not wish to use technology to employ people.

Calm before the storm.....enjoy while it lasts.....
 
Problem is that U.S doesnt have K.B. to do that apart from the Indians settled in U.S. itself.
If you take a look at Silicon Vally,you will find Zillions in fact most of big corporations(that includes IBM,Microsoft,AOL,Intel To name a few) have major percentage of Indians.India Calls it Brain Drain,as U.S proudly recruits all the cream Indian students by Luring them for Money.The problem now U.S. faces is that Indians are getting the same Stuff in India while staying at Home.Americans are in habbit of using India's manpowers,therefore Wiseness utilizing Intelligence of Indians is suddenly Backfiring.

BYE!
 
There's a whole world out there for people with skills and initiative. It may become important at some point to jump ship early, if the American brain drain starts to open wide. Fellow Americans, keep those passports valid, and remember it's never to soon to initiate the foreign work, residency and citizenship process.
 
what seems odd to me is every country claims they are suffering from a brain drain ... so where are they all going?

its just another way to justify anger toward the "evil, thieving foreigners" and for each government to redirect criticism.
 
"where are they all going?"

- Wherever their specialties are most in demand, and at least for me, where the culture and land seem most appealing. Ideally, we should all feel and be free to move about the planet.
 
OR learn Spanish and start companies in Mexico...and in 50 years you will make a lot of money in the 'manana' country....:D
 
I'm seriously considering leaving Raytheon for the nuclear power industry. Navy-trained nuke officers are in high demand, and will be even moreso with the imminent resurgence of nuclear power in the US. Within the next 10 years we'll see a plethora of new licenses granted for construction of new plants, and the modernization of older plants with new reactor designs.

And that ain't never goin overseas, dawg.
 
Any jobs in defense industry or government would be good for the next 15 years. Look for the next new-new thing by then. OR make some products or service that needs customer facing so that it can not go overseas.
 
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