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Why Offshore When Canada's Next Door?
Roblimo writes "A study by accounting and consulting giant PriceWaterhouseCoopers claims Canada could lose up to 75,000 IT jobs by 2010 to offshore outsourcing, but could also *gain* 165,000 jobs through U.S. outsourcing contracts. The trick is, according to this story at IT Manager's Journal, that while Indian, Chinese, and Russian programmers may cost 80% less than U.S. programmers, the time zone, language, legal, and other problems involved with sending work half way around the world can eat up much of the labor savings, while Canadian programmers are nearby, speak English with nearly American accents, have a similar culture and legal system, and get paid 40% less than U.S. programmers. Might be time to think about moving North, eh?"
(tongue in cheek)
It's past time to roll tanks into Canada and officially make it the 51st state. We might not be able to pull that on China or India, but damn it, invading Canada is just convienient enough to be worth the trouble.
Sorry man, I'm Canadian, and all beer tastes like piss, no matter where it comes from.
occultae nullus est respectus musicae - originally a Greek proverb
Your morgage isn't tax deductable here. Not to mention there is SO much corruption and waste in government only like 20% of our 50% tax makes it anywere
I doubt you make even more than me (a person from West Virginia who makes 6 figures), let alone all them combined. Please keep your stereotypical meanderings in your closet where they belong, lest you come across as a public idiot.
Beleive me, English speaking people have a hard time learning any other language.
Wrong. Most English speaking people simply lack the fortitude to learn another language. When you already know THE language of business, why stress over learning another language?
Beleive me, English speaking people have a hard time learning any other language. That's because English is a pretty simple language.
I found French to be easier than my native English simply because of less ambiguity in usage and far less slang. In addition, I've heard folks from France complaining about the crap spewing from Quebecer's mouths masquerading as French much like the Brits bitching about us Yanks.
You can quit patting yourself and your fellow Quebecers on the back now, because nobody really gives a damn.
Perhaps, but then you have to live in London, Ontario. That place is a complete cultural void. You're paying with your soul.
Don't tell them that Canada Rocks, you don't want all those fat bastards to come here, don't you ?