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Westerners Migrating to India for Jobs

Posted by michael on from the going-south-for-the-winter dept.

shonagon53 writes "The BBC reports that quite a few young European tourists stick around in India to work for eSolutions companies who contract outsourced work from European companies. The salaries are mediocre, but you get free housing, great food, snacks à volonté and a free taxi ride to work each morning. Is this the first wave of the much anticipated reverse-migration which will be a hallmark of the 21st century?"

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  1. Not completely by www.sorehands.com · · Score: 0, Troll
    I have dealt with programmers in India. They can program, but it seems as though they are limited in common sense and creative problem solving skills.

    I had explained the equations to convert hardware values into input levels. They looked at the values and could not understand why they were getting 0 for an input value -- they didn't realized that you have to have an input device generating audio to have an input level. In porting an application from one platform to another, they didn't think of looking at the original application to answer questions -- yes, they did have the original application in a running condition.

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  2. Have you actually been to India? by glrotate · · Score: 0, Troll

    I have and the place is disgusting. The smell is nearly overwhelming. There is rotting trash in the streets as well as animal and human waste. There are too many people and because of religous issues they let all manner of beast wander the streets.

  3. Welcome to Kwik-E-Doc! by khasim · · Score: 0, Troll
    You get sick, you visit a doctor or hospital in your price range immediately and they treat you! I believe this approach is called free market or something like that.
    It is called the Kwik-E-Doc. Hello. I am Apu and I will be your doctor today. We are having a sale on pig heart-bypass valves. Only 1 week past their expiration date. They come with a coupon for 10% off of a Squishy drink.

    There's something I don't quite like about the "in your price range". Is there a difference in the medical treatment between the price categories?
    Religious freedom is guaranteed in India. It has been that way for millenia. India has the second highest Muslim population in the world and the highest Christian population in Asia! It is officially a "secular" country with no state religion.
    Yet the movies still have a problem showing a man even kissing a woman (to say nothing of a bare female breast).