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Re:How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike sho... by WillPostForFood on Thursday April 10, 2025 @11:55AM (#43645186)
"we don't have enough hardware people because software sucked all the oxygen out of the room"

How much is this exacerbated by the lack of domestic hardware manufacturing in the US for the hardware people? Seems like software boom starting in the late 1990's happened as China came online for hardware outsourcing. Not suggesting a causal relationship there, just complementary effects.

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Re:How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike sho... by seanmcdirmid on Thursday April 10, 2025 @09:28PM (#43649570)
The same thing happens in China. If you want a good job, software will pay way more than hardware. Heck, you even see people from Taiwan doing software jobs in China because they at more than the hardware jobs in Taiwan that they could get.
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