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Inside Foxconn’s struggle to make iPhones in India (restofworld.org)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don't think "iphone assembler" and "software engineer" are really hiring from the same talent pool, that doesn't make sense.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Software engineer isn't the only part of IT. It's a small part

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Your first statement is correct; your second statement is incorrect, considering that large portions of electronic hardware are computer electronic hardware, and almost all modern computer electronic hardware doesn't work without software^(1).

  1. It is possible to hardcode functions into a chip; that probably doesn't count as software.