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MIT Students Get an Education in Software Development

Posted by michael on from the wake-up-and-smell-the-mango-lassi dept.

John Valenti writes "Philip Greenspun's Blog had an interesting entry for December 1: 'It turns out that most of the content editing and all of the programming work for OpenCourseware was done in India...'"

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  1. Re:Harming the local economy... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I've got a PHP site I need to have done.

    Sort of like MIT CourseWare, but different content.

    I will pay $2 per hour plus a box of donuts every day.

    Interested?

  2. has it occurred to anyone .... by taperkat · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    that it could just be an easy answer (aside from cost)? They're outsourcing the work to people who *actually* work, instead of just get paid and act as if they do. Real workers instead of drones. Maybe some of the kids whose jobs are being outsourced could learn something about a work ethic, which IS sorely lacking in today's business world.

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  3. Re:You know you're really in trouble... by Hognoxious · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    "The jobs Britain stole from the Asian subcontinent 200 years ago are now being returned"

    I stopped reading at that point, because that was enough to tell that it's total and utter bollocks.

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