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Long Term Effects of Outsourcing
simulate writes "There have been several postings about outsourcing and offshoring in the past
few weeks. Is outsourcing just a fad? In Outsourcing
Programmers is Bad Strategy for Software Companies
author Michael Bean compares offshoring to the enthusiasm for Internet startups
in the Nineties.
He claims
that
outsourcing programmers is bad for companies not because
of the programmer layoffs, but because technology companies lose their
capacity
to innovate.
Offshoring is a mistake
when technology companies confuse operational
effectiveness and strategy." I don't think the comparasion to Dot Bombs is entirely accurate - the trend to globalization overall has been going on for decades. Still interesting piece.
I think the best practice is to simply pay American programmers less. There are thousands of people who want a job, and are willing to work for less just to have a job. I'm referring to the 'experiment' done by a company in the US recently.
American programmers already speak english. They live close to the central office. There are fewer security risks having your code and systems in the same building as you. Shipping customer information to subcontractor upon subcontractor to build a system or to manipulate that information can be dangerous.
This policy of paying American workers less could work in many fields. There are many people who would rather have a lower paying job in a field they know how to work in, than having no job at all or having to retrain for a new job.
http://github.com/gbook/nidb
1. Stop fucking whining about your incompetent, overpaid fat-asses being pushed out of your cushy web monkey jobs in favour of 5 harder (much harder) working, more ethical, and more deserving Indians doing 10 times the work.
2. Tell Lou Dobbs to SHUT THE EVER-LIVING FUCK UP!
3. Find replacement work more suitable for your talents. Might I suggest retail, or retail food services?
4. Stop pissing off the rest of the world and maybe the rest of us will actually WANT to hire or invest in America.
5. Fingerprint me for wanting to visit your crime ridden shithole? No thanks, guess I will NEVER visit there and bring my much needed tourist and investment dollars there. I am not a criminal, so don't treat me like one. Instead, why not clean up your fucking stupid gun loving culture and rid the streets of your OWN criminals?
6. Fuck off and see suggestion #1.
This has a beneficial effect of raising the income of a lower caste individual that her/his family can help expand the middle class, thereby increasing the overall demand for goods and services. The member of the higher caste may have difficulty getting into university, but if you already have wealth, you are not likely to lead a life equivalent to the lower caste.
In response to the snide sibling comment, affimative action in the U.S. is intended to promote minority students in professional fields that will return to their communities and bring those services. That is needed because most skilled white professionals refuse to open a practice in lower income or minority communities.