Global: Having global skills is essential for a tech career
Microsoft sent me a job ad for a Program Manager, posted on LinkedIn. I clicked through to read the description, and below that, they featured Microsoft employees and links to…
Business, Global: Global trade expected to increase
Trade is expected to grow slightly faster in 2022 and 2023 than it did in the previous decade, despite the headwinds of Covid, a global economic slowdown and the war…
Demographics: This is why Putin wants to annex Ukraine – for the people
Russia’s population has been dropping for years. With Putin’s war underway, skilled workers are fleeing Russia, and now with his draft, younger men are also fleeing. Those that don’t stand…
If you are not global you won’t be working in tech?
Tonight, Microsoft showed me a LinkedIn ad for a position. I clicked through to read the description. Below that, they had photos of people working at Microsoft, with a link…
Air travel: Cost to leave Russia increases by 5-9x as Putin escalates his war
The cost of flights departing from Moscow skyrocketed after Vladimir Putin announced a “partial military mobilization” in a televised address. Source: Cost of flights leaving Russia soars after Putin announcement
Global: Why you must have international experience
100% of my colleagues who had international experience moved up – global experience is now a requirement. Because of this, many companies are now hiring foreign-born to take current or…
Demographics: Investment advisors see the decline and what it means
The world’s population continues to grow, but the pace of growth has slowed to a rate of under one percent, a pace not seen since 1950. The populations of 61…
Demographics: The political hurdles to solving labor shortages with immigration
As we know, the U.S. fertility rate has been below the population replacement level for decades. This is true of most of the world’s countries. In the U.S., most of…
Economy: FedEx sees global recession
Source: FedEx warns of looming global recession Worth listening to FedEx on this point. They are a global logistics company that handles global shipping. They are in a position to…
Demographics, Media: BBC acknowledges fertility rate decline, kind of
Lots of scary information about overpopulation – until you reach page 10 of this 22-page BBC report when, oh, by the way, the fertility rate is in sharp decline. This…