A little quiz

“The market is booming. I can pick and choose a firm of my choice.”

Who said the above?

A. A 28-year-old American, latte-sipping engineer in Palo Alto in October 1999.

B. A 28-year-old Indian, tea-sipping engineer in Bangalore in October 2003.

For the answer, click here.

As Silicon Valley goes, so goes the US?

Here’s another article about the debate in nearby Silicon Valley about its future. What will it take to come back? Can IT return as the engine of growth or must it be something new like biotech or nanotech? Whatever “the next big thing” is, will it employ US born and raised scientists and engineers or competitors “offshore”?

The thing is, isn’t this discussion pretty much true of technology centers all over the US? Isn’t it indicative of challenges faced by the whole country?

Seems to me at the very least the US—and every interested person and institution in it—needs to realize that after decades of being King of the Mountain of science and technology—and enjoying the many benefits of that position—the title will not go uncontested in the future.

Well, here’s a little antidote for the pessimism.

Romania's got more than gymnasts

I think the so-called “outsourcing” flap is beginning to take the right perspective: it’s about the future of the global economy, not just economic recovery. Here’s an article saying that IT outsourcers are looking at Eastern European countries because “India’s getting more expensive.” Whaa?!

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Future scientists?

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One of the things that concerns me about the future (fret, fret!) is where the science resources to retain US leadership in the world is going to come from. Evidently the matter has gotten the attention of Congress. A report accompanying an energy bill says…

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