A Thoughtful Look at Indian Outsourcing 1772
thefinite writes "This article needs to be read by anyone interested in the outsourcing of IT jobs to India, no matter your opinion of it. It dispels some rumors (for example, if Indian IT companies do such bad work, why are over half of Carnegie Mellon's highest-rated programming companies Indian?). It addresses all of the arguments. Perhaps most importantly, it adds faces to the problem. It not only tells us about the American programmers who are out of jobs, but also about the Indians who are getting them. In the end of it, this is what Free Trade is about: people. This article makes that clear."
Re:bullcrap (Score:0, Funny)
With all the Indians working as IT programmers (Score:5, Funny)
As I was told by an Indian man at a liquor store once as I was reading a magazine... "this is not a library, you either buy or get out".
Re:Good article, and what can you do? (Score:2, Funny)
Ha ha...sure! (Score:2, Funny)
My dog eats food and produces shit. He does it consistenly, and he has a whole process he follows. Hell, it might be SEI level 7 based on how well that process works.
But its still shit.
Re:Cannonfodder (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Just more hype (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Opposition is racist (Score:3, Funny)
You know, nothing says Big Picture like performance tweaking an inline function!
Re:Bad code? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Cannonfodder (Score:1, Funny)
He IS being selfish... Tell you what, in the spirit of liberalism, I'll give you all his stuff.
Re:Look at this: (Score:3, Funny)
Is anyone else thinking about outsourcing themselves?
I figure I'll just get a tan, move over to india and live like a king.
re: "where do you go after knowledge?" (Score:2, Funny)
Anti-knowledge! UFO cults, Enron "accountants", HP PR, TV, SCO PR, WMD finder, Politics. Bullshit is the Future of America!. So put on your Hale-Bopp sneakers and come ride the magic bus!
Re:The end of the industry as we know it (Score:2, Funny)