AMD New York chip fab subsidy attacked

Better off sticking it in the third world.(Bahamas, perhaps. Maybe Grand Bahama or Andros)

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37084

Thats the kind of thinking we need in our leadership. Bring those high tech jobs to the Bahamas.

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Thats the kind of thinking we need in our leadership. Bring those high tech jobs to the Bahamas.
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bring them here for whom?

the jobs are out-sourced because they won't pay american-style wages and benefits for the work....

you think bahamians with enough tech skills to do the work....will do it for the money they are offering?

there isn't nough TRAINING available....

this works in India cause there are thousands 'A'/4.0 students, that can't find any other work....the best candidates are still flocking for work....

we won't have the workforce to facilitate the work....
maybe in three or four years, if we begin improving our education system and then specialized training....

I’m not a business or economics major so I really cant claim to know how such things are supposed to work. But I would think that having a high tech fab facility in the Bahamas would stimulate the COB and other schools to cater to the facilities requirements. Having a school system set up to put out high tech industry capable students would create an environment where other high tech industries would like to locate. More skilled employees and better jobs for all. Better jobs create more opportunities for all Bahamians. Opportunity is the one thing a lot of our youth don’t have,

Thats a win win situation.

But its the whole chicken and the egg thing..... which one comes first?

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I’m not a business or economics major so I really cant claim to know how such things are supposed to work. But I would think that having a high tech fab facility in the Bahamas would stimulate the COB and other schools to cater to the facilities requirements. Having a school system set up to put out high tech industry capable students would create an environment where other high tech industries would like to locate. More skilled employees and better jobs for all. Better jobs create more opportunities for all Bahamians. Opportunity is the one thing a lot of our youth don’t have,
Thats a win win situation.
But its the whole chicken and the egg thing..... which one comes first?
:chicken:


Fabs take years to build. I could envision many COB and other students switching majors if there was this type of opportunity at home.

Fabs take years to build. I could envision many COB and other students switching majors if there was this type of opportunity at home.

but will bahamians work for the salaries offered...after spending all that time training...
and really creating a technical work-force starts in primary school...with math and logic skills...
doesn't matter how many tertiary tech schools we build or attract...with a d+ national grade average...who will be attending them...we will just be attracting better qualified foreigners to fill our tech schools...