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Outsourcing Winners and Losers
An anonymous reader writes "The New York Times has an article on the winners and losers of the outsourcing trend. It's a Q and A session with a distinguished panel of experts on the topic, including Professor M. Eric Johnson, who says that, 'Low-skill jobs like coding are moving offshore and what's left in their place are more advanced project management jobs.' Now I know coders aren't rocket scientists, but less advanced than project managers? Ouch."
I have plenty of them in-house already.
New York Times reporters have been outsourced by 100 chimps with 100 laptops.
but less advanced than project managers? Ouch.
Truth hurts huh!
who, since the coder jobs are overseas, probably don't know how to code themselves. Furthermore, because the developers are now overseas, the project managers have to coordinate with the language, distance, and cultrual gap, despite probably not knowing how to program. It's no wonder software development has become ridiculous. By the way, project manager with programming experience for hire right here.
Plus I have a fine art degree... try finding that overseas!
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Most software doesn't suck. Most users, however...
FWIW, and to bring it back on on topic:
Those that can, do.
Those that cannot: teach.
Those that connot teach: manage.
So, I guess 'those that can' are on the bottom rung, huh?
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They're probally just used to living in Soviet Russia, where bad project terminates you.
You're missing one very importan one:
Those that cannot manage: sue.
Don't waste your vote! Vote for whoever you want, unless you live in a swing state it won't matter anyways
Those who cannot do anything -- become politicians.
All i know is that if project managers went on strike for a week, they would come back to find the entire project had been completely redesigned from scratch, it would be amazingly efficient and well structured and it would work perfectly and within budget, whats more it would have 100 new useful features. If programmers went on strike for a week they would come back and find a list of 100 random, totally flawed and un-thought-out things to do on thier desks.
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Now I know coders aren't rocket scientists, but less advanced than project managers?
Just goes to show that MS Project is more challenging to a manager than an IDE is to a programmer.
You're missing one very importan one:
Those that cannot manage: sue.
I think you meant "Those that cannot manage: SCO.
Actually, I guess it's the same either way, nevermind.
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Have you been putting your signature on your job apps?
I thought they become lawyers.
The only advice I can give you with a BS in Computer Science is that hamburgers cook five minutes on a side.
I remember someone telling me that politics is acting for ugly people that can't act.
Easy... just don't waste so much time reading slashdot.
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Don't waste your vote! Vote for whoever you want, unless you live in a swing state it won't matter anyways
Low-skill jobs like coding Apparently the man has never written a kernel.
All you guys complaining -- those t-shirts, those shoes you're wearing, they were all manufactured in the continental USA... right?
Didn't think so.
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Given:
Substituting Money into Power equation:
Substituting Knowledge into Power equation:
Now solving for Money:
So, the more you know, the less money you make.
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Must be annoying never seeing your posts when you browse...
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Those that cannot manage: sue.
Those that cannot sue: get screwed.
Those that cannot get screwed: are Slashdot geeks.
What a waste! We could have as good a conversation between pundits in Bangalore for a tenth the cost!
Oh, that's a low blow.
Actually if I had mod points I'd give you +1. =)
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