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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 hear McDonald's is hiring
"I would say that 99 per cent of what my father has written about his own life is false." - L. Ron Hubbard Jr.
As long as the companies keep their creative, winning, trend-making management teams, they'll manage to stay innovative! Won't they?
Those guys have MBAs. They must be smart.
Why not outsource the CEO as well? Why not outsource the customers to countries with _higher_ wages? I think it's time these companies started thinking outside the box.
You could always form a union of Wal-Mart greeters!
When your on strike you could just kick everyone in the balls when they walk in and yell "GO TO A FUCKING LOCAL MERCHANT ASSHOLE!"
It would be awesome.
India must use an Indian model for design and development if it is to be successful.
So what are you saying? Lots of song and dance numbers in the code?
Don't trust a bull's horn, a doberman's tooth, a runaway horse or me.
They call it "Anonymous Coward" for a reason, don't they....
You know exactly where you can insert your "much needed tourist and investment dollars".
Thank you and have a nice day!
It looks like you are in need of an English major.
I worked on a debit based financial system a couple of years ago, we did the front end and the back end (core banking stuff) was handed off to a company that offshored the development to India. The client found their backend (custom written, "proprietary") software for sale within a year and sued the offshoring company, who folded up and disappeared. Luckily they got a copy of the source in the deal.
Of particular concern is that they have implemented a "graduated" admissions policy in their universities. An upper caste member might not be able to get into a school with a 90% score on the entrance exams, but a lower caste member may be assured admission with a 70% score.
But enough about the United States; what were you going to say about India?
(+1 Snide, here I come!)
When I used to daydream that one day, technical writers would be as valuable to a company as programmers, this isn't quite what I had in mind.
"How many light bulbs does it take to change a person?" --BMcC-->
I guess the people in india have less buzzwords to fake success.