Outsourcing
Whats so wrong about moving to an developing country? Ok as many of us has observed, work is slowly being outsourced to developing countries that have the required technical skills but much lower labor pay. Imagine how people of the developed world would react when their profession of choice is being outsourced to cheaper labor abroad for the savings. As I see it, the trend for people of developed countries would be to take their technical skills an augment it with management skills moving the business the same direction.
you may have lost a crew of 10 or so technical jobs to those of the developing world, but those 10 people can train with the companies goals in mind (or for start their own business) for management and take care of the business abroad. The pay raise may not be much more or even less because of the expenses but the standard of living improves dramatically. What I begin to realize is barriers are broken and minds become more open in the globalization of labor.
We don't anymore think that we will grow up, live and work in the same places. Instead we keep growing through out our lives in different environments that demands from us constantly escalating standards. We don't think of what is "rightfully" ours until we earned the credit to say so, not in the standards or rules we grew up on but the rules that come as we continue to grow through our lives.
I realized that games need rules, and the mastery of these rules create mastery of the game. In life there are so many rules and rules we don't realize existed all along. We cannot possibly master all these rules BUT we can see the pattern of escalation and follow the trend of how things are shaping to be in a point in time.
What I'm saying is something I read about in a game. When I was playing traveller: interstellar wars, it described a universe where people are constantly moving and finding new jobs and opportunities abroad despite language and cultural barriers. I see that the information age have torn much of the barriers of culture and language in a way that only the ingrained ideas of the past is the only things preventing people from seeing the possibility of a future where everyone has a job, meritocracy exists truly, and that we move into a world where the human potential can be reached by anyone, no matter their country of origin, race or education!
So what if lower scale jobs are moving to countries that NEED it, the higher the scale of jobs and products are really where all the big bucks are made. Cars, assembled electronics, high end goods, trillion dollar banking etc.. are controlled by those who manage and determine the path of their development. If you want a simple job with little responsibilities, then move to where that job is offered and live in the manner and status that job affords. If you want more money, more status, a higher standard of living, then be prepared for more responsibilities, more risks and tougher challenges. It can be this simple and one can still find a balance in economic status, social life, relationships, work and catharsis. No one can have everything, but at least give everyone the choice.
As more companies are going to the Philippines to outsource jobs, we are getting jobs we need to further raise everyone's standard of living. its not selfish, its not even unfair, its how the world works. People should not be concerned about keeping jobs they can't afford to keep in their country, they should be concerned about why they can't leave their comfort zone, why they can't think beyond their small town, why they can't imagine a people who need these jobs WAY more than them and that they have access to greater things in their more progressive country.
When this reverse migration occurs, more people from these developed countries moving to the developing countries you will see a world unimagined by most of the sci-fi writers of the current century. A world where progress, knowledge, and awareness unpresidented is comming to those who have suffered and waited so long. A world where people will shape themselves so efficiently into characters that we can only imagine in epics and tall tales.
Charles. Just reread what you commented. You criticized grammar are you high or something? C'mon it's a freaking blog, if your going to accuse me of bad grammar you might as well waste your time accusing the tons of other blogs of bad grammar, (why stop there?). Do you know that I'm working in the family business, my wife is an analyst and taking up her CFA, my mother in law is an economist, and I spend much of my time with my mother talking about the family business that is going global?
Ummm... I don't know who you talk to about business and why you feel my POV is flawed enough to comment but without the restraint of reserving that comment in an avenue which would allow you to field your constructive criticism . I was going to leave your comment be but I realized it was disrespectful on your part and I have to defend myself against your careless and damaging comment.
you may have lost a crew of 10 or so technical jobs to those of the developing world, but those 10 people can train with the companies goals in mind (or for start their own business) for management and take care of the business abroad. The pay raise may not be much more or even less because of the expenses but the standard of living improves dramatically. What I begin to realize is barriers are broken and minds become more open in the globalization of labor.
We don't anymore think that we will grow up, live and work in the same places. Instead we keep growing through out our lives in different environments that demands from us constantly escalating standards. We don't think of what is "rightfully" ours until we earned the credit to say so, not in the standards or rules we grew up on but the rules that come as we continue to grow through our lives.
I realized that games need rules, and the mastery of these rules create mastery of the game. In life there are so many rules and rules we don't realize existed all along. We cannot possibly master all these rules BUT we can see the pattern of escalation and follow the trend of how things are shaping to be in a point in time.
What I'm saying is something I read about in a game. When I was playing traveller: interstellar wars, it described a universe where people are constantly moving and finding new jobs and opportunities abroad despite language and cultural barriers. I see that the information age have torn much of the barriers of culture and language in a way that only the ingrained ideas of the past is the only things preventing people from seeing the possibility of a future where everyone has a job, meritocracy exists truly, and that we move into a world where the human potential can be reached by anyone, no matter their country of origin, race or education!
So what if lower scale jobs are moving to countries that NEED it, the higher the scale of jobs and products are really where all the big bucks are made. Cars, assembled electronics, high end goods, trillion dollar banking etc.. are controlled by those who manage and determine the path of their development. If you want a simple job with little responsibilities, then move to where that job is offered and live in the manner and status that job affords. If you want more money, more status, a higher standard of living, then be prepared for more responsibilities, more risks and tougher challenges. It can be this simple and one can still find a balance in economic status, social life, relationships, work and catharsis. No one can have everything, but at least give everyone the choice.
As more companies are going to the Philippines to outsource jobs, we are getting jobs we need to further raise everyone's standard of living. its not selfish, its not even unfair, its how the world works. People should not be concerned about keeping jobs they can't afford to keep in their country, they should be concerned about why they can't leave their comfort zone, why they can't think beyond their small town, why they can't imagine a people who need these jobs WAY more than them and that they have access to greater things in their more progressive country.
When this reverse migration occurs, more people from these developed countries moving to the developing countries you will see a world unimagined by most of the sci-fi writers of the current century. A world where progress, knowledge, and awareness unpresidented is comming to those who have suffered and waited so long. A world where people will shape themselves so efficiently into characters that we can only imagine in epics and tall tales.
Charles. Just reread what you commented. You criticized grammar are you high or something? C'mon it's a freaking blog, if your going to accuse me of bad grammar you might as well waste your time accusing the tons of other blogs of bad grammar, (why stop there?). Do you know that I'm working in the family business, my wife is an analyst and taking up her CFA, my mother in law is an economist, and I spend much of my time with my mother talking about the family business that is going global?
Ummm... I don't know who you talk to about business and why you feel my POV is flawed enough to comment but without the restraint of reserving that comment in an avenue which would allow you to field your constructive criticism . I was going to leave your comment be but I realized it was disrespectful on your part and I have to defend myself against your careless and damaging comment.
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