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Even the Foundation recognizes "Jimmy fatigue" (page 13).
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"A shortage of Silicon Valley technical talent hurts our ability to recruit and retain technical staff." What? There's a shortage of technical talent? Where? Around here technical talent is piling up in the streets begging for loose change (literally: there is a guy on Canal St. most mornings holding a sign that says "IT SPECIALIST OUT OF WORK NEED FOOD FOR MY TWO KIDS"). I suspect their hiring problems are not due to a shortage of talent in the market....
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QUOTE(Kelly Martin @ Tue 19th July 2011, 10:17pm) *

"A shortage of Silicon Valley technical talent hurts our ability to recruit and retain technical staff." What? There's a shortage of technical talent? Where? Around here technical talent is piling up in the streets begging for loose change (literally: there is a guy on Canal St. most mornings holding a sign that says "IT SPECIALIST OUT OF WORK NEED FOOD FOR MY TWO KIDS"). I suspect their hiring problems are not due to a shortage of talent in the market....


Maybe it means "A shortage of Silicon Valley technical talent not willing to work for a pittance hurts our ability to recruit and retain technical staff."?
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QUOTE(The Joy @ Tue 19th July 2011, 7:52pm) *

QUOTE(Kelly Martin @ Tue 19th July 2011, 10:17pm) *

"A shortage of Silicon Valley technical talent hurts our ability to recruit and retain technical staff." What? There's a shortage of technical talent? Where? Around here technical talent is piling up in the streets begging for loose change (literally: there is a guy on Canal St. most mornings holding a sign that says "IT SPECIALIST OUT OF WORK NEED FOOD FOR MY TWO KIDS"). I suspect their hiring problems are not due to a shortage of talent in the market....


Maybe it means "A shortage of Silicon Valley technical talent not willing to work for a pittance hurts our ability to recruit and retain technical staff."?

Well, it may not (yet) be quite true that The World is Flat, but IT is certainly where it's the closest to being flat. Exposure to competition from foreign wages with no hope of protective tariffs can be a very horrible thing.
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thekohser   "Jimmy fatigue"  
SB_Johnny   Even the Foundation recognizes "Jimmy fatigu...  
EricBarbour   Mind just quoting the relevant part for us Greg? ...  
Zoloft   ... Translation: work out on your jimmy too much ...  
carbuncle   Can't the WMF simply vote to raise the Jimmy...  
Zoloft   Can't the WMF simply vote to raise the Jimm...  
Alison   "A shortage of Silicon Valley technical tale...  
EricBarbour   Excuse me, but you have to remember that this pres...  
The Joy   Excuse me, but you have to remember that this pre...  
thekohser   Excuse me, but you have to remember that this pre...  

 

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