From: Mike Linksvayer (ml@gondwanaland.com)
Date: Tue Apr 02 2002 - 03:33:09 MST
On Mon, 2002-04-01 at 18:52, Randy Smith wrote:
> He probably found out that business lobbies have paid off the elected
> officials in order to import foreign labor, thus greatly reducing
> available jobs for new computer science grads, except those with good
> GPAs from the top universities.
No, the labor lobbies have paid off elected officials in order to
prevent the free movement of goods and labor, protecting highly paid
union jobs at the expense of many more non-protected jobs and all
consumers.
> Think pre-med or pre-law. Nowadays that could be any degree....
> They seem to be the only professions with enough organizational power
> to fight off significant importation of foreigners
Yeah, the primary determinant of one's success is the level of
competition from "foreigners". That's why high school dropouts aren't
making top dollar at McDonald's, it's that damned importation of foreign
fast food workers.
Here's to hoping that doctors do face increased competition in the near
future, whether from immigrants or from teleoperating doctors in India
or wherever.
BTW, I'm surprised nobody mentioned the business or related (e.g., econ)
degree. Such should allow one to obtain a job that involves some mix of
helping and interacting with people, using analytical skills, and fairly
rapid feedback.
Mike Linksvayer
http://gondwanaland.com/ml/
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