[quote]msd0060 wrote:
SteelyD wrote:
I’m a programmer (read: sits just about all day).
Day starts at 4:15am.
At gym by 5am and walk treadmill, stepmill, or row to wake up, maybe do some mobility stuff. If I know my day is packed, I’ll lift, although I really don’t like to lift that early.
Work is literally next door to the gym, so I get there by 6am. On workout days, walk back to gym to do real work at around 11am.
Back to work until about 4-6pm (depends on project deadlines)-- then home, wife/kids, more computer (ie non-work, like now), usually in bed by 9 depending on exhaustion levels.
Repeat. Forever…
that’s the shit suicides are made of[/quote]
It will get worse before it gets better.
There is a global glut of labor. This is true for both the skilled and unskilled professions. Globalization will balance out the global wage scale. You won’t see your paycheck go down, but you’ll feel poorer every year.
Inflation and currency devaluations will eat up COL wage increases as has been the case for the last few years. Your temporary solutions are to:
- Work more hours.
- Be more productive. (Work twice as hard.)
- Become skilled in something that needs to be done in-person and can’t be done by an illegal or an H1-B.
- Start your own business.
And there is no guarantee #1 & #2 will get your boss to pay you more. In fact, unless you’re in sales or directly part of the company’s bottom line it’s doubtful.
My buddy works for an outsourcing agency that helps connect U.S. employers with Chinese engineering firms. Specifically, mechanical, computer, and electrical engineering work. Not quite the “low skill”, blue collar jobs most people think get outsourced.