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Thanks. Been following things from late 90s. 
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I don't think that there's anything here to blame on the USA, this is entirely down to India.
India won't be the first or the last nation to do this, but this it how it works:
1) A government decides that career area X (in this case IT) is THE FUTURE.
2) A government tells just about every youngster in the nation that career area X is THE FUTURE and it's what they should be doing with their lives regardless of personal aptitude.
3) In order to facilitate this, the government creates an education system for are X and scales it up to a size that cannot possibly work.
4) The bloated education system spews out millions of graduates - a large proportion of them knowing sweet FA about area X because they've been taught so badly.
5) The nation finds itself with an industry that has become fattened to a ridiculous extent by people who would be far better suited to doing other things.
6) The industry soon gets to a point where the only advantage it has is that is cheap.
7) This attracts custom for a while but people soon realise that it's a false economy as they get far better value when paying more to companies in countries where that sector has grown in a more organic way.
8) Orders dry up and those poor souls that have been shoe-horned into the industry are the ones that suffer - along with their families.
It's known as putting all your eggs in one basket and is a classic recipe for a "boom and bust" scenario. Pumping such a large proportion of your resources into one sector is always going to be a high risk strategy and one that's not likely to end happily in the long run. It certainly isn't the fault of other nations when it all goes horribly wrong.
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PeejayAdams wrote: I don't think that there's anything here to blame on the USA, this is entirely down to India.
Always popular to find a scape-goat. Human nature is dependable that way.
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Agreed.
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Well put! This was all boiling down there. Now it's just blown up with a trigger called Trump.
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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Well, to be fair to India, American companies that don't really care about the quality of their products (of which there are plenty) would still be more than happy to throw money at the bloated Indian IT sector, except for The Orange One who is scared of brown people so has made life very difficult for them to get that money by deporting the "undesirables", and making noises about significant cutbacks in H1B.
So while you are not wrong, I think Mr. Trump has accelerated the bust half of the boom-and-bust cycle you speak of.
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Vark111 wrote: The Orange One
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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+5.
I have been thinking about this, and I think also mentioned this logic a couple of times on CP in some posts that started off badgering all indian programmers.
In a way this might not be all that bad for India. I think we have grown a great deal economically since, and mostly due to, the IT boom(s).
I have noticed a change in outlook here lately and see a lot of people shift from IT to things they actually like doing. This has happened mostly due the changes in lifestyle that the technology business has brought in.
- People earn more and so are financially more secure than they were before.
- Equally important, I think, is that indians have travelled outside India through their companies and that has caused a cultural shift. More and more people realize that there's more to life than 'getting a job'.
Although this change is still only in the bigger cities, but it would be highly improbable to expect the IT wave to change the fortunes of over a billion people.
All in all, to look on the bright side, hopefully most of those who do get laid off are the ones who aren't meant to be programmers, and hopefully they do find their calling and end up being happy.
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the actual job cuts will be between 1.75 lakh and 2 lakh per year in next three years,
Time to educate the ignorant (namely me). What's a "lakh"?
Ah, good old Google. a hundred thousand.
Yikes!
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That's correct, & the actual layoff figure is going to be much more.
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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200,000 has to be taken in the context of India having 1.3 billion people.
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Vunic wrote:
May be Trump should have done a more balanced schemes than affecting so many families in India all of a sudden.
Uhm, why would the US president need to worry about people in India?
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is he not the president of the world? Loll
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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Same reason as the great US P should have worried about the people in Irak, Afganistan...... instead of X number of dead americans later.....
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You left out an important part from the article:
due to under-preparedness in adapting to newer technologies
This is a rapidly-changing field where the players know they have to adapt or die. This is nothing new, and I don't think any politician can be blamed for that. In fact I'd think politicians are holding back the pace of the industry--how many government departments are still running XP machines?
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I'm giving my car to a shop tomorrow for four hours.
They are going to charge me $50 for doing diagnostics.
My initial (unpaid) interactions with these guys has been positive.
This is the first time we've done any money from me to them.
Is there a place on the internet where I can survey car parts, labor charges, and other estimated prices that are generally prevalent among car shops ?
How do I ask the question ?
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Tricky question because pricing is quite regional.
Can understand the $50 charge just for diags, the manufacturers charge a small fortune for the software and more big $ for each update/new model releases. (That's what drove a lot of smaller shops out of business.)
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$50 for diagnostics is relatively cheap; I paid over double that 2- years ago.
If it's a Check Engine light, one thing you may want to consider is hitting the local auto parts chain; most will scan the codes for you at no charge.
Plan on 100 hourly labor, and if you are going to price parts pick a store like NAPA as opposed to the major chains.
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MadMyche wrote: If it's a Check Engine light, one thing you may want to consider is hitting the local auto parts chain; most will scan the codes for you at no charge.
1985 Oldsmobile.
Can they scan that ?
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No, it's post-2000 that have OBD2 support (and if you have a vehicle that supports OBD2, get a reader, it saves a lot of money and costs around $100).
That's probably why it's expensive to fix - no debugger, so the mechanic has to know what (s)he is doing!
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OriginalGriff wrote: - no debugger, so the mechanic has to know what (s)he is doing!
Few and far between those are, hens teeth comes to mind.
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There are times when I think "bring back carbs, and points, and ballast resistors, and rectifiers, and tappets, and..."
Then I remember balancing 4 carbs, and how much I wished for electronic ignition, and decide that computerised cars really aren't that bad!
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OriginalGriff wrote: That's probably why it's expensive to fix - no debugger, so the mechanic has to know what (s)he is doing!
Exactly - if an 85 Oldsmobile is expensive to fix, it's only because you need an experienced mechanic who's been there, done that--those are the ones who have the ability to do it blindfolded and with their hands tied behind their backs.
Ironically, this is where it should be cheap to fix as the mechanic doesn't need expensive diagnostics tools that need to be replaced every couple of years. But experience doesn't come cheap.
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