Tech jobs to be replaced by new tech?

Automation: Just look at the automobile industry, lots of assembly line people were replaced by robots. Now robots are also troubleshooting and replacing defective electronics.

Very soon we'll see alot of the same thing in the computer field, self healing servers and parts that are replaced automatically. Why pay a worker a salary and benefits, and have to give him time off when it can be automated much cheaper.

Kind of like the electronics field, I did service work and electronics repair for years. The equipment got cheaper, simpler and more dependable and suddenly it was cheaper to throw the item away instead of having it fixed. And the simpler and cheaper it becomes, the less that qualified people are needed.

Look at VCR's, in 1989 I paid $500 for a four head hi-fi from RCA. Now a better unit costs about $80, and you can't pay a guy $65 an hour to work on that.; Posted by: Spoon Jabber Posted on: 12/06/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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