On Wed, 06 Aug 2003 23:13:53 GMT, (Old Nick) wrote:
You need to be specialised or at least very high-value, able to do a
really good job of a one-off, able to deal with the customer NOW and
properly, with constant interaction.

This will probably make your job labour and time intensive. And you
will do few jobs but cost a lot. Racing and other urgent, specialist
areas are the way to go. Trouble is, you will have to be _good_
because the free-for-all is now all overseas.

Right, you primarily have to be service oriented. Mass production
is fleeing the high wage countries, and it isn't likely to come back.
You have to find a niche where you can perform an individualized
service. In other words, you have to sell yourself and your skills
at the retail level instead of at the wholesale level of mass production.

Gary