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Originally Posted by bob
My point was companies have little incentive to train non-tech workers to do tech jobs when they can just get cheap h-1b workers.
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Yep...though I'd probably say it isn't the "problem" of corporations to solve as much as it is an American problem to address.
We haven't put a pricetag on "retrain non-tech workers to become tech workers" and let corporations compete for that business (won't rant on about "college" here...but suffice to say I find that a Ponzi scheme of costs that are unsustainable for all but perhaps 1% of actual workforce jobs). I think there are many, many jobs that are labelled as "tech" that most skilled labor, factory workers, etc. could do with some reasonable vocational courses.
This takes leadership, direction, and big picture thinking. We haven't mobilized our workforce to solve big problems in so long we've forgotten how to do it, and when to do it, apparently. We put people on the moon, built interstate highways, and built weapons to fight (and win) world wars. And instead of solving the next big problem, we find ourselves fighting over 3% in tax hikes like people saving the fine dinnerware while the titanic sinks and people are drowning. Its disgraceful.