That's why continuing education is important, and why I spend so much of my free time just writing test code to push my limits, see what's new, learn new techniques and technologies.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 11:20 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: [signs of sanity] MD no longer subsidizing Walmart > > > Adam wrote: > > I guess my concern is automated picking is the wave of the future > > those 1000 jobs would be unstable anyways. Why employe 1,00 > when you > > can employe 1/4 of that and run machines. > > 2 things here: > > 1.) Over Christmas I was speaking with my wife's octogenarian > grandfather. We were talking about jobs, life, etc. He > said, "You know what my father told me before I left the > house? He said, 'Frank > - you're your own security. No person and no company will > give you security but you'". (That guy started a grain > business when he was 80 > - yup, the great-grandfather!) > > 2.) Last weekend I heard a great quote from one of the Indian > outsourcing firms' CEO. He said, "our job is your job today. > Your job is tomorrow." > > Put it all together and you can see that America's future is > directly proportional to its ability to take personal > responsibility for ourselves. If we drift into a > protectionist mentality we're done. If we embrace > globalization, we'll succeed. > > What this means for the average Joe & Jane is that every few > months you'll have to look at your job and extrapolate: where > is the trend? > Will my job be here in 5 years? 10 years? If not, start > preparing for something else. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:192245 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
