You won't be replaced by a machine.  You will be replaced by someone 
willing to do your job for $20-25 per hour.

I've seen postings in a large company that stated they were paying Tata 
Consultancy $66K for H1B DBA's.  Tata takes 33%, which means the H1B 
Visa worker gets $44K, or $22/hr.

Regards,

George Toft

On 12/28/2022 6:14 PM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> Let me say that I think people need to make a fair wage.
>
> I had a conversion with a guy maybe 8 years ago.  He was pushing a 
> raise in minimum wage.  He was a big shot in Silicon Valley.  I told 
> him what my econ prof said : "Alternatives become more available as 
> the price of any given thing rises."  He premised this by saying 
> Phelps Dodge does not want copper to go over $1 a pound. It was in the 
> late 80's. I thought he was crazy until he mentioned alternatives.  
> According to this prof aluminum became viable once copper went over 
> $1/lbs.
>
> I went on to tell the Silicon Valley guy he and his cronies where the 
> ones that would benefit from excessive minimum wage.  He seems 
> shocked.  Now we see the proof.
>
> Today automation is cheap and labor is not so cheap.  Machines break 
> down, however they never call in sick or not do their job, and they 
> will work 24/7 w/o benefits. This article says two things to me.
>
> Unskilled labor is about to be hardcore unemployed and the jobs that 
> will be available will be for those who have leaned some skills.
>
> I'm thinking at some point in the future I will be replaced by a 
> machine.  I am a programmer.  The world will be ruled by the engineers.
>
>
>
> On 2022-12-28 10:20, Harold Hartley via PLUG-discuss wrote:
>> The article says there are people there to tend cash register and a 
>> couple of other things.
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 28, 2022, at 10:00, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss wrote:
>>> Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss said on Wed, 28 Dec 2022 07:22:37 -0700
>>>
>>>> Thought you might find this interesting.
>>>>
>>>> https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/mcdonalds-unveils-first-automated-location-social-media-worried-will-cut-millions-jobs 
>>>>
>>>
>>> Sounds like a good idea, but I pay with cash, and I don't like putting
>>> my twenty dollar bill in a machine, with no witnesses, and taking the
>>> chance that the machine will simply eat my bill, with no audit trail.
>>>
>>> SteveT
>>>
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