Gates worried over decline in U.S. computer scientists - Computerworld

Part of the problem is that people see that India and Russia have vast numbers of code pushers that will work for 10 bucks a day. You've lost the war before you've fought it if you decide to go into tech these days.

I think the core of it is this: you must believe that at your current position you are WORLD class. You cannot be defeated easily by outsourcing if you can compete with them, regardless of the cost structure.

Gates worried over decline in U.S. computer scientists - Computerworld: "'The nature of these jobs is not just closing the door and coding,' Gates said. 'The greatest missing skill is somebody who's good at understanding engineering and bridges that to working with customers and marketing. We still fall short of finding people who want to do that. I'd love to have people come to these jobs wanting to exercise people management, people dynamics as well as basic engineering skills. We can promise those people most of what they're doing won't be coding.'"