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Ask Indian Techies About 'Onshore Insourcing'

Posted by Roblimo on from the halfway-around-the-world-in-20-hours dept.

This Slashdot interview has a little twist to it. Instead of using email, I'm going to relay your questions 'live' to people I meet while I'm here in New Delhi, speaking at LinuxAsia2004. Offshore outsourcing has gotten a lot of attention on Slashdot (and NewsForge) lately, but I figure that from this end we ought to call it 'onshore insourcing' instead. Feel free to ask other questions about 'geek life' in India, too; I'll ask as many questions as I can of as many people as I can, and post their answers when I'm back in the U.S.

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  1. These new jobs of yours.. by jmargel · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    How does it compare to your other relatives who come to the US and work at a 7-11 making slushies? And isn't it true these companies that employ you give you American first names so to try and actually fool us U.S consumers in thinking you are actually american?

  2. I've got a few... by the+arbiter · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Damn right I've got some questions.

    1. Do you ever think of the person whose job you have taken?

    2. How does it feel to be a pawn in the hands of a corporation that's being used to drive down wages and living conditions for the entire western world?

    3. Do you ever think that this will happen to you one day? What will you do if it does?

    I'm serious about these questions, and not asking these sarcastically or as flamebait. I'd really like to know, especially any answers to #3.

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