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Thread #133507 Message #3030740
Posted By: gnu
12-Nov-10 - 07:05 PM
Thread Name: BS: Canada - India free trade
Subject: RE: BS: Canada - India free trade
Q... your steel mill "story" is a good eg. As an engineer 30 years ago I relied on a half dozen techs to do details, spec writers to write specs, clerical and secretary staff to...
Then, PCs came... and, to a great extent, I could write my own specs, do my own drawings, etcetera, faster, without most the staff. Now, with this advent of technology and globalization, the large global engineering companies can(have) eliminate(d) me locally. Only those top local engineers in the good old boy's network were (are) safe. I have lost my liveliehood due to technology. My retirement is... well... gone. Either I move thousands of miles and take on a job I know little about or it's... good morning, welcome to
That's true for a lot of peeps.