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Posted by michael on Thursday September 11, 2003 @04:40AM from the giant-sucking-sound dept.

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.

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What about convenience stores? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-11 04:46 · Score: 4, Funny

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.
Re:Duh... by (startx) · 2003-09-11 04:46 · Score: 4, Funny

There are two types of people I hate in this world. Those who are intolerent of other people's culture, and the Dutch!
TPS Report? by mkldev · 2003-09-11 04:55 · Score: 5, Funny

Something I found amusing from the article:
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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Re:Duh...(a job for you) by gosand · 2003-09-11 05:03 · Score: 4, Funny

Well, duh... As a dutchman it's also not possible for me to relocate to the USA. Unless I prove that there's no way my skills can be found in the States.
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.

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Why work in Banaglore? by exp(pi*sqrt(163)) · 2003-09-11 05:09 · Score: 4, Funny

Look how bad the working conditions are there!

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Re:Duh... by dipipanone · 2003-09-11 05:28 · Score: 5, Funny

"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
Re:Duh... by micromoog · 2003-09-11 06:28 · Score: 5, Funny

...too bad it is at 70% of my current salary thanks to the H1-B's.
Are you sure it's not because you're an incompetent hack?
Re:Duh... by rmohr02 · 2003-09-11 06:30 · Score: 4, Funny

Semi-related quote: "There are two things I hate in this world: racial profiling, and Arabs on my plane."