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Victor G. Sommers writes "Daniel Soong, who lost his programming job to Indian offshore companies, is willing to relocate to India. 'It would be really interesting to work in Bangalore,' he says. 'But I was told, "Daniel, it is against the law for you to work here. You can come here on vacation, but you can't work here."' Indian officials have told him they don't hire Americans." An article in ComputerWorld talks about the possibility of getting more than you bargained for in outsourced code.
Could this be slightly more buzzword compliant?
cheap labor conservatives - they want to keep you hungry enough to be thankful for minimum wage.
hey :)
They should let Americans work at Indian conveinence stores!
That way, no matter where it is in the world, it'll be fucking impossible to get a big gulp and a chilli dog.
There are two types of people I hate in this world. Those who are intolerent of other people's culture, and the Dutch!
But what about the taxis?
However, the SEI is introducing Team Process Software (TPS), which brings traceability of specific code modules to individual programmers, said Humphrey, a former IBM software engineering executive. Indian software companies and a few U.S. developers, notably Microsoft Corp., are aggressively implementing TPS.
To which my immediate reply was, "Did you remember to include the right cover on your TPS report?" :-)
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"However, the SEI is introducing Team Process Software (TPS), which brings traceability of specific code modules to individual programmers, said Humphrey, a former IBM software engineering executive. Indian software companies and a few U.S. developers, notably Microsoft Corp., are aggressively implementing TPS."
Does life imitate are or what?! I never thought I'd actually see TPS reports, but now I expect my next boss will be named Lumberg...
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However, the SEI is introducing Team Process Software (TPS), which brings traceability of specific code modules to individual programmers, said Humphrey, a former IBM software engineering executive. Indian software companies and a few U.S. developers, notably Microsoft Corp., are aggressively implementing TPS.
The guys at Microsoft better make sure they put a cover on those TPS reports!
The fact that they need to import money ...
Man, I would love to import money into my home... unfortunately that usually involves exporting goods or services. Damn.
If you know how to spell, use proper English, and can recognize that two stories are duplicates, you could probably be the editor of some tech news blog.
My beliefs do not require that you agree with them.
Look how bad the working conditions are there!
Doesn't it make you feel good to know that our freedoms are protected by politicans, lawyers and journalists.
Have you tried marrying an American? It worked for my wife...
"Freedom means freedom for everybody" -- Dick Cheney
"I'm a British tourist
And I'm very very rude.
I hate the foreigners
I hate their stinking food.
I don't like French or Germans
Or care for Belgians much
But most of all, most of all
I hate the Dutch!
The Dutch, the Dutch
With fingers in their dikes
They use the wrong side of the road
And ride around on bikes.
They don't have any manners
They don't say "thanks" or "please"
And all they eat is tulips
And stinking gouda cheese."
British Tourist,
John Dowie
Did you order her from a web site?
I look forward to the day when economists are offshored. We'll see how the free market ideologues hold up, then.
However, the SEI is introducing Team Process Software (TPS), which brings traceability of specific code modules to individual programmers, said Humphrey, a former IBM software engineering executive. Indian software companies and a few U.S. developers, notably Microsoft Corp., are aggressively implementing TPS.
"Did you get the memo about the new cover sheets on the TPS reports?"
Mmmmm, sacred...
If you know how to spell, use proper English, and can recognize that two stories are duplicates, you could probably be the editor of some tech news blog.
Which blog would that be? Not Slashdot, we know that!
The laws are probably similar to the US:
You can't immigrate to work unless you can prove that you can do a job that no one else in the country can do.
I dunno, I see a lot of Indians here in the US doing jobs that I could be doing. Must not be too hard for them to immigrate here.
Basically here's the phone conversation between the US Dept. of Immigration and the HR person for the company trying to hire an Indian worker:
Immigration Officer (IO): "So there's nobody else in the US who can do C++ programming and who can fill your position?"
HR Person: "Yeah, that's right."
IO: "OK, you can hire Asok."
It seems that in India they don't let people from the US (or other countries) come in to work at all - that's much different from how it works in the US.
Cab driver?
Are you sure it's not because you're an incompetent hack?
Semi-related quote: "There are two things I hate in this world: racial profiling, and Arabs on my plane."
Did they "no" how to spell "know"?
We need to live with a reduced set of expectations if we're going to open up our trade to the world. Corporations will naturally migrate to the lowest cost areas, all else being equal. The suffering is spread across the board -- imagine how the poor CEO who has to pay upkeep on his "expensive wife" must feel having to make do with only $25 Million or so in severance bonusses. Or who has to make do with only one house larger than most city blocks. Imagine the poor politician who has to make do with only $25,000 in campaign contributions from any given company! Who are we, then, to complain if we can't find a job and end up having to move back in with our parents? You don't see them complaining about having to have 27 people living in a one room apartemnt in other countries, so why should we be any different? It's pure arrogance, I tell you!
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
He should've shot his replacement instead... :)
Ok, so basically, the only future here then is to be a CEO who can run a U.S. company with foreign workers paying them pennies a day, selling their work for dollars (or Euros!)... or pay some "18" year old $50 to prostitute herself on film since she can't find a job flipping burgers... and I make my money charging what $19 bucks a month for people all over the world who do have money to look at those pictures. ...Now I'm wondering... what happenes when all of everyone in the U.S. is running their own porn site?
I for one, welcome our new Indian overlords....
Rich people that are dumb, don't remain rich for long.
hello?