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Managing a Global Programming Team?

Posted by Cliff on from the telecommuting-taken-to-the-extreme dept.

cwimmer asks: "I work for a technology company in the United States who survived the economic slowdown by trimming fat where necessary. Unfortunately, it seems that my small programming team must've looked like mostly fat to management: it has been trimmed from a high of 5 to the current 2. We have been given a very large programming project that we estimated would take 4 coders (the size of the team at the time) 6 months to deliver. I have been given deep pockets with regard to moving some or all of the project to an offshore partner, and I can probably get 4 or 5 programmers in India. Does anyone have any pointers on managing a team of programmers on the other side of the world?"

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  1. Its simple by Kenja · · Score: 4, Funny

    You just need to learn how to shout "do it again but do it right this time" in several languages.

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  2. flamebait? by tps12 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Let me get this straight.

    You are asking a bunch of unemployed programmers how to best manage the foreigners you hired to take their places?

    Hope you brought your asbestos suit.

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  3. Yep by llamalicious · · Score: 4, Funny

    Send me a check for $1195.00
    Include with your check all external telnet, ftp, vnc http ports and usernames/passwords you need to use for the project.

    We'll take care of ya.

  4. Re:One more thing... by Skapare · · Score: 5, Funny
    Find a company that respects you. They do exist.
    Unfortunately, both of them currently do not have any openings.
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