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05/23/2013 02:59:36 Daily, March 13Careers: You Vs. Offshoring
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1. Editor's Note: Careers: You Vs. Offshoring
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- What Google Search Reveals About Us
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- McAfee Update Breaks Hundreds Of Apps
- IBM Eyes 50,000-Plus Indian Employees
- Analyst, End-Users Mad About Windows Live OneCare Updates
- Cisco Plans To Buy Video Surveillance Expertise To Improve Security
- Intel Targets A Mobile Internet As The Path For Growth
- Web Services By The Dozen
- BlackBerry Faces Challenges Beyond The NTP Lawsuit
- Consumer Technology Hits Business World
- Microsoft Takes On Yahoo, Google For Web Ad Dollars
- Oracle Puts On A New (Inter)face
- Brief: Google Shows Maps Of Mars
- Brief: Fraunhofer Shows Thought-Controlled Typing
- Chinese Bank Hosts Phishing Site
- Math Nerds Prepare To Celebrate Pi Day
- Free CipherTrust Toolbar Pegs Phishing, Spots Spam
- Analysis: Avaya's Peer-To-Peer Toothache
- Brief: GoDaddy Escalates Domain Registration Protest
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- Publishers' Soul Searching Over Google Plan (FT.com)
- Google, U.S. To Face Off In Federal Court (The Mercury News)
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Quote of the day:
"You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth
may be the best thing in the world for you." -- Walt Disney
IT pros have to live segmented lives. As business people, they
need to accept offshoring. It's a viable business strategy, and
opposing it makes as much sense as being categorically against
just-in-time inventory. But as individuals with careers on the
line, they need to view their entire IT careers as a stark battle
against offshoring--constantly assessing the risk of their
particular job being moved, and positioning their skills and
roles to guard against that.
InformationWeek's cover story this week is just the latest
burst of offshore momentum, with IBM consolidating all the
development for one of its key initiatives in Bangalore. It
provides a good chance to start a conversation: What career moves
are you making to protect your IT career against offshoring? What
strategies are working for you that your peers might also benefit
from?
Some won't like the assertion I started with--that, on the job,
there's no point opposing offshoring. My point: Offshoring isn't
the right answer for every problem, but it makes sense for some.
So being known as the anti-offshoring/outsourcing guy/gal in the
office would seem to damage one's credibility--and maybe cut one
off from opportunities to advance from offshoring/outsourcing,
like moving into a role coordinating and managing such work.
But even for people who take that practical stance, I think it's
OK--even wise--for individuals in developed markets to assess an
IT career starkly in terms of its position against offshoring.
David Foote, head of research for the IT HR consultancy Foote
Partners, puts it plainly in saying IT hot jobs today are defined
by how "offshore-resistant" they are. He puts them in three categories: enabler jobs,
customer-facing jobs, and infrastructure jobs.
So what offshore-resistant career strategies are working out
there? Is anyone feeling more offshore-resistant than they were a
year or two ago? Visit my blog and let me know.
Chris Murphy
What Google Search Reveals About Us
McAfee Update Breaks Hundreds Of Apps
IBM Eyes 50,000-Plus Indian Employees
Analyst, End-Users Mad About Windows Live OneCare Updates
Cisco Plans To Buy Video Surveillance Expertise To Improve Security
Intel Targets A Mobile Internet As The Path For Growth
Web Services By The Dozen
BlackBerry Faces Challenges Beyond The NTP Lawsuit
Consumer Technology Hits Business World
Microsoft Takes On Yahoo, Google For Web Ad Dollars
Oracle Puts On A New (Inter)face
Brief: Google Shows Maps Of Mars
Brief: Fraunhofer Shows Thought-Controlled Typing
Chinese Bank Hosts Phishing Site
Math Nerds Prepare To Celebrate Pi Day
Free CipherTrust Toolbar Pegs Phishing, Spots Spam
Analysis: Avaya's Peer-To-Peer Toothache
Brief: GoDaddy Escalates Domain Registration Protest
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1. Editor's Note: Careers: You Vs. Offshoring
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