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‘They would not listen to us’: inside Arizona’s troubled $53bn chip plant::Taiwanese microchip manufacturer TSMC blames struggle to build Phoenix plant on skilled labor shortage but workers cite disorganization and safety concerns

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[–] cantsurf@lemm.ee 34 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I find it hard to believe that the US has an insufficient pool of talent available for this project. These companies just don't want to pay what those qualified individuals demand in compensation.

[–] zephyreks@programming.dev 10 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Why would you believe this? The talent is specialized and most of them are already employed by the few dominant market players.

[–] cantsurf@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I agree with what you said, but why would the US have fewer available qualified individuals than Taiwan? We have a large population and an effective university system. I think its likely that the talent is available, but expensive.

[–] zephyreks@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

Taiwan literally had a government intervention to launch TSMCcand developed their university system around TSMC being the crown jewel of employment, while the US has had dysfunctional support for anything STEM that succeeds in spite of itself.

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