Pretty much the end of steelmaking in the UK

[bogeyman]

I want more Lemon Curd.

Thanks Mitch - interesting article. Will digest at my leisure.

[d000hg]

If you have innovation, you can always succeed. Think of a service/application, design it with your skills and use the cheap coders to do the grunt work - Asian developers are not well-known for their design/architecture skills.

There are millions of Asian coders... probably enough for every skilled UK developer to have their own personal team IF they can think of something worthwhile.

[bogeyman]

What does it matter?

It matters to me, personally.

I know that doesn't count for much in the order of things but it's just one more milepost on the road to ruin that this country is hurtling along.

[TimberWolf]

I've always been a strong supporter of seven figure salaries for techies. Just seems logical to me.

If you looked at the origins of any large and successful company today I'm pretty sure you would find that they were all founded by techies, rather than by MBA'ers, middle management and other highly paid hangers-on Today we outsource teckies and pride ourselves for our soft skills. Evolution in action.

[swamp]

You can't make steel that nobody will buy. If people start buying cars once more then those steel plants will reopen.

[bogeyman]

You can't make steel that nobody will buy. If people start buying cars once more then those steel plants will reopen.

But they won't reopen - that's the point.

[Purple Dalek]

But they won't reopen - that's the point.

Yeah, try getting planning permission for a decent sized conservatory, never mind a frickin steel works!