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U.S. Programmers An Endangered Species?
CommanderData writes "USA Today reports that US Programmers are an 'Endangered Species' and expects them to be 'extinct' within the next few years, replaced by offshoring and H-1B visa holders. They suggest people will manage overseas projects, become self-employed, or switch to other fields. What do my fellow code-dinosaurs plan to do before the asteroid hits?" A report on Newsforge (which is part of OSTG along with Slashdot) shows the flip side of the coin.
It si teh future.
The quality of the programming we get from India is the same as the quality of technical support.
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Fucky fuck you slashdot.
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a warmongering idiot running the country, a guy who'll spend us into the poorhouse if thats what it takes to keep the DOD and Homeland Security supplied with all those hightech, software intensive tools that insure our safety. A programming job that requires a security clearnce just doesn't get farmed out to Bangalore Binaries Ltd and non-citizens need not apply.
Oh...wait...my cubemate just asked me why I was suddenly typing so furiously...
Uh, never mind.
SLASHDOT: news for people who can't concentrate on work or have no life at all and got tired of yelling back at the TV.
Ive been working as a programmer in India for the past 5 years now. Trust me the work that Indians do is mind numbingly boring. Stuff that no self respecting programmer would call 'programming' in the first place. The reason why such projects get outsourced in the first place is bcos companies realise its not rocket science and as its similar to giving monkeys instructions, better outsource it to a country that expects peanuts in return. There is not one single major multinational that does not have a tech office in India today. Everyone's here, but you'll be appalled to see the kind of work that is done here. Its quite apparant that the best work is done in your own country. I can give examples - IBM (hires close to 10,000 in India) shittiest of work, high attrition rates, you name it. Microsoft - Huge office in Hyderabad, all the work is nothing but testing and very very very lil of actual product development. Oracle - Again hires around 3000 in India - bullshit work. I can name a lot many, but the essence of what im saying is, outsourcing is not affecting the brainiacs of your country. Stop whining and update your skills. Become smarter. Do something about your loss of jobs. Programming in India is akin to flippin burgers. get it now ??. An Indian.
Wrong again my friend. USA Today is not behind the times, USA Today was paid to run that story by a PR firm hired by India's IT lobby NASSCOM!
Silicon Valley is dying because of imported labor.
1998 == No imported workers - economy booming
2004 == 2.3 million imported workers - 'For Lease' signs everywhere.
You figure it out.
Even an MBA can drive around in his Mercedes and realize that times were much much better when Americans were running IT. Indian labor is killing Silicon Valley. It is absurd to think that a country which cannot even raise itself out of 3rd world conditions can improve the greatest country on earth. It's all PR - that's all it is.
Wipro has a 64% client turnover rate. Indian IT is on the rocks. Hence they have to pump up the PR volume to keep getting business. This USA Today is story is that PR. Just bide your time American Programmer - India's days are numbered and soon you will be back in the driver's seat where you belong.