For two decades I held respect from colleagues that I knew.

But then the challenge came again from countries far away,

With wages that the third-world pays, great costing will eschew.

And though the skills newcomers bring may be below the par,

Some managers with short term views do not appear to care.

The work that’s done is classified “much cheaper” than at home

Perhaps because good training can be something that’s quite rare.

It’s true the some who steal our work from far across the sea

Have learned in universities prestigious in their land.

But then the learning they’ve endured can easily be seen

To use the new technology of silica and sand.

When your year-old Porch breaks down and you take it for repair

It’s to mechanics who’ve been trained to service this sports car.

And since they lack experience that comes with long lost skills.

Who would dare to take to them: a vintage Model “T” star.

The Model “T”, it was designed with different needs in view.

The skills today’s mechanics have, with computing power,

Cannot make a Model “T” cruise at EIGHTY MILES AN HOUR!

So we need these older skills for cars that run much slower.

It is true! A PC geeks can write a mainframe program

Just like a Porch mechanic could force Model ‘T’s to run.

But even with intentions good they lack the older skills

So tasks with much more subtle needs cause damage to be done.

Training in the bygone years catered for what was needed.

Now critical needs are overlooked, passing by unnoticed.

Modern teachings supercede knowledge we learned at a cost

Alas, this narrow vision means hard learned lessons are lost.

Many newcomers nowadays have learned that they can bluff

Trick co-workers to do tasks they alone can not.

Plagiarize their colleagues work, deny them any credit.

Image now their only goal - be it justified or NOT.