2.26.2010

Barbie's Next Career


Surprisingly enough, Barbie's next career is a computer engineer according to the New York Times on February 12 th. As the result of the survey, teens want to become a computer engineers in the future. Barbie also wears a neon-colored T-shirt with a binary code pattern and carries a smartphone and a Bluetooth headset.

Interestingly enough, looking at the comment column, Bill from Michigan states that " Forget it, Barbie, your gig has been outsourced to a hottie in Mumbai..." Furthermore, Daniel Pink, the famous author of "The Whole New Mind" also suggests that an algorithmic task such as computer programming is easy to outsource and replace with competitive workers from cheaper and faster developing countries.

Although the computer engineer has an image of sophistication all over the world, it will not easy for us to survive in the future if we decide our careers based on what Barbie does.

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/12/barbies-next-career-computer-engineer/

1 件のコメント:

  1. When I was child, I often played with Barbie!
    By the way, I love your blue fish in your blog!
    I want to get it!! It is sooooo cute!!!!!!

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