Well look at what we all do for a living! We build technology infrastructure!
How valuable is that to America? Extremely valuable.
In fact, I will bring it right home for all of you. When I owned my
company, we were under constant price/margin pressure from companies from
outside the US doing work
at rates that were impossible to compete with. We sold quality, and Im
happy to say,
exhibited quality. However those offshore companies took big chunks out of
every IT
consulting shop I dealt with. These days, as you all probably know,
roughly 30 to 40 percent of IT consulting work is being done by offshore
companies.
Now, those offshore shops are going to slow down for reasons from
Xenophobia, to Patriotism from American buyers, to the fact that their
workers may just flee the country altogether. America has ALWAYS needed
programmers and systems people (not the wanna-be programmers, REAL
programmers and engineers). We will need them more than ever as we move
towards complete self sufficiency in the world community. We all know that
technology is going to play a big part in this new war.
We, my friends (those of you in America and the west), are the troops of
the technology battle that is inevitably going to be waged. Don't
worry.....get angry....get focused.....do what you do best, and you will be
doing what America needs you to do. Generating sites for eCommerce,
streamlining the American IT infrastructure, evaluating and strengthening
the security of your networks, and generally creating business where there
is none.
I look at the technology business in the US. A business that was sliding
into ruin (as we all have probably experienced). I see a group of people
who fueled the largest economic expansion this country has ever seen. I
see a group of people who, when properly focused, will be our economic
salvation.
So, okay. You might say, "Geezzz Gerry, laying it on a bit thick aren't
ya?" I just thought you all should be reminded of where you come from and
how you fit. And you all do. So sit down, clear your head, and program
that piece of code that you just can't get to work. Make it work. When
you do, you will have advanced our technology culture ever so slightly down
that road to dominance once again.
Okay......Im done.
Gerry
At 12:42 PM 9/21/2001 -0400, Mark Stewart wrote:
>Great attitude Gerry! Your quote, "I've been frustrated as to what to do
>about
>this like all of you, but I've decided that the best thing I can do is
>be
>an American.", really describes what I went through recently. Being
>prior military, I had thoughts of going back in and doing my part. I
>even got in touch with a recruiter and found out that I could pick up
>where I left off, which was very tempting. But the more I thought about
>it, the more it didn't make sense. I came to the conclusion that what I
>did in the past was just an old chapter in my book of life and decided
>that I could lend support and be just as American and patriotic here as
>I could in the military.
>
>Thanks,
>Mark
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Gerry Libertelli [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 10:34 AM
>To: CF-Community
>Subject: RE: Can't Get to Sleep -- Worries
>
>
>I think that this has to be one of the most optimistic posts I've seen
>to
>date. Seems no matter what happens, Howard is going to be pretty much
>okay
>with it. But it DOES underscore a point.
>
>We are at a crossroads right here. The last time a US generation was
>tested like this was in the 1940s. The real issue is starting to make
>itself evident.
>
>"Are we going to define a new way of responding to crisis, and utilize
>technology and media to hide from the world, or are we going to rise to
>the
>challenge of the generation that we are 2 generations removed from, and
>stand up to do our part."
>
>If you choose the first option, you may die anyway, and die like a
>coward. If you choose the second, you help to impact the greater
>situation, and may save yourself and your family in the process. For me
>
>there is no other choice but to stand up, be alert, always go down
>fighting, and DO BUSINESS! I've been frustrated as to what to do about
>this like all of you, but I've decided that the best thing I can do is
>be
>an American. The best thing I can do is to be entrepreneurial (cause
>that
>is my gig), create jobs, create wealth, create a new way of doing
>business
>along with a new way of going to war. In other words, Im going to
>adapt,
>and my family is going to adapt along with me. Im going to display the
>kind of courage that an entire generation displayed in the 40s, and move
>
>through this evil.
>
>I don't know if any of you enjoy reading Dune, but there is a quote that
>is
>just so perfect. At the risk of sounding like the geek I am, here it
>is....
>
>"I must not fear......fear is the mind killer......fear is the little
>death
>that leads to total oblivion......I will face my fear and let it pass
>through and over me until only I remain."
>
>Words to live by......even if it is from a science fiction book.
>
>Hey Howard, I play guitar as well! Just got a 1968 Rickenbacker
>365. Beautiful guitar, and plays like a dream.
>
>Gerry
>
>
>At 07:23 AM 9/21/2001 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >I'm sure we all have our moments of fear ... the same fears you have.
> >
> >I go to the gym. I play guitar. I do e-mail ... like posting messages
>here
> >.. I follow baseball and football (I have some fantasy teams). I enjoy
>my
> >wife's company. I watch TV, and am trying to watch less and less of the
> >news. I listen to music. I read.
> >
> >In other words, life goes on.
> >
> >In my quiet moments, I do worry about this thing spinning out of
>control.
> >
> >BTW: I wouldn't worry too much about bio or chem attacks. The ability
>to
> >mass produce and delivery these sorts of weapons is very difficult.
>You
> >hear a lot about anthrax, but reliable delivery of anthrax and nearly
> >impossible. Small pox is easier to deliver, but more difficult to
>produce.
> >There's a lot of misinformation floating around about these things.
>Chem is
> >a little more viable, but then difficult to deliver over a wide spread
>area.
> >These weapons work better in enclosed spaces, not wide open areas where
>they
> >might do more damage. I think we've probably seen the last of the
>suicide
> >passenger planes. I don't think pilots and passengers are going to be
>as
> >passive as they were on the first three planes.
> >
> >That's not to say any of us are 100 percent safe. Or that this couldn't
>take
> >it's toll on the economy. But I think we are mostly safe, and the
>economy
> >is cyclical any way, so it will recover. Unless of course, this truly
>is
> >the end times, Armageddon, in which case, that just means Christ is
>coming
> >back any way.
> >
> >H.
> >
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Vinny DiDonato (SI.RR) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 11:44 PM
> >To: CF-Community
> >Subject: Can't Get to Sleep -- Worries
> >
> >
> >Ugh.
> >
> >I'm having some issues trying to sleep.
> >
> >I keep thinking about this impending war and what may come as a result
> >of it. I fear retaliatory actions may be taken by some Taliban
>fanatics
> >here in NYC, and it's bothering me. Chem/Bio attacks, suicide
> >bombings... It's all very frightening, and then you add in the crappy
> >economy. I worry about losing my job, trying to find a new one, and
> >taking care of my family.
> >
> >It's amounting to a lot of unnecessary stress I'm putting on myself.
> >
> >How do you all cope with the events taking place? I'm finding that my
> >Karate class is helping, but not much.
> >
> >Sorry, I needed to vent. I'm gonna get back to lurking and coding this
> >Spectra data feed which doesn't want to work for me right now...
> >
> >-Vinny
> >
> >
>
>
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