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Re:American Firms Want to Keep Older Workers a Bit Longer by analog31 on Friday December 16, 2016 @08:49PM (#13198631)
Oddly enough, in my industry, we've been making technology easy to use, that once required understanding the nuts and bolts. As a result, we can't hire people who understand the nuts and bolts any more.
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Re:American Firms Want to Keep Older Workers a Bit Longer by NegativeLatency on Saturday December 17, 2016 @03:22AM (#13199859)
What industry is that?
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Re:American Firms Want to Keep Older Workers a Bit Longer by analog31 on Saturday December 17, 2016 @09:22AM (#13200797)
We make electronic measurement instruments. "Back in the day," sophisticated instruments evolved from laboratory curiosities to industrial products, but still required experts to set up, operate, and in some cases program.
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Re:American Firms Want to Keep Older Workers a Bit Longer by linkregister on Monday December 19, 2016 @02:21AM (#13209999)
Something like high-end Fluke or Agilent kit? Those are some really nice rigs.
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