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Outsourcing to Rural America

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the more-than-corn-in-the-midwest dept.

andy753421 writes "Wired is running an article about 'Rural Sourcing, an IT company that outsources not to India or Mexico, but rural America.' The company targets IT workers in rural location due to lower costs of living, 'The company charges $35 to $50 per hour for IT expertise, which may cost around $100 in New York City. While this is no match for outsourcing rates in India, clients benefit from local accents and similar time zones -- not to mention the absence of stigma sometimes attached to farming jobs out to foreign countries.' The article also points out several other innovative attempts at outsourcing such as Lakota Express and Seacode, which was previously covered on slashdot."

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  1. Like I always say by suso · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't outsource to India, outsource to Indiana.

    Specifically, Bloomington. There is a lot of talent here.

    1. Re:Like I always say by Otter · · Score: 3, Funny
      Don't outsource to India, outsource to Indiana.

      Or you can go with the abovementioned Lakota Express and outsource to (American) Indians! See, technology giveth and it taketh away.

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  2. Pah! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think I'll continue to outsource to India. They tend to speak better English than Alabamans. (And they're less likely to take the afternoon off to marry their sister).

    1. Re:Pah! by seanadams.com · · Score: 2, Funny

      I am a Mexican, go, say something about Mexico, it is only a FUCKING JOKE!

      Okay... what do you call a Mexican chick with no legs?

      Consuelo

    2. Re:Pah! by BemusedInBama · · Score: 3, Funny

      As a native and resident of Alabama, I had originally intended to defend my home state. I thought I might point out Alabama is an incredibly diverse place full of smart people (think about NASA, UA Med School and Business School, etc.). Later, I thought it might be more effective to draw attention to your own shortcomings in writing the English language (It is Alabamians, and as a pronoun They should reference an already defined noun). Next, I thought I could point out the irony (and I don't mean the Alanis Morissette kind) that is exhibited when you mock the English speaking ability of Alabamians using poorly written English of your own. Finally, I thought a well-placed FU would be more appropriate for an empty minded simpleton like your self.

      Instead, I decided it would be best to promote friendship, compassion, and understanding among all. So, I'll leave you with a joke about Tennesseans.


      What does a woman from Tennessee say after making love?
      Get off me Daddy, your crushing my cigarettes.

  3. Re:Story is a Dupe! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yeah it is a dupe.
    Isn't there a rural part of the northern United States called Canada? There was an article about outsourcing there as well. ;)

  4. Rural Sourcing by TCFOO · · Score: 1, Funny

    Whoohoo! now I can move to West Virginia after college, and work as a programmer and not a coal miner.

  5. Re:It's not the accent anymore by bleckywelcky · · Score: 2, Funny

    You know what's worse? Calling Comcast or the local power company in an urban area. They answer your call and say "Yo bitch, gimme ur account digits now ... Fuck dis shitz - you be late on your payments fool ... We be slappin some late charges on yo ass." And you can barely understand them anyhow because its some girl named Ayisha that inflects her voice in weird ways, or some guy named Pablo that slurs his words all together.

  6. Re:The telecommute is murder by bleckywelcky · · Score: 2, Funny



    I'd take a pay cut to live in some place that was quieter, with a lower cost-of-living. ... I'd give anything to be outsourced to someplace I'd want to live, say New Mexico, Northern California.

    Boy, is that funny. If by 'cheaper' and 'Northern California' you mean some shack on the side of a mountain in the middle of the Sierra Nevada where it takes you 1 day by donkey to the nearest fire road ... then you might have a point. Otherwise, stick to New Jersey.

    Or better yet, look somewhere else that is just as gorgeous ... Oregon, Washington, Colorado ... these places all have needs for high tech employees.

  7. No, no, no! by Julian+Morrison · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...you're doing the multiculturalism thing all wrong!

    What you're supposed to say is that "marrying your sister" is a cultural practise of excellent pedigree, and shouldn't be judged by narrow "western", ahem, I mean "urban" standards. Then you should suggest that Southern drawl is in fact a seperate language, start a "Southern-English dictionary", and get the bible translated into simplistic sentences (with Jesus replaced by Elvis, as being "culturally relevant"). And then, start some large lobbying groups in DC (manned entirely by damyankees except for a token Southern frontman) which advocate "rural quotas", and always seem to support the Democrats.

  8. Re:From a Coder in Rural America by PD · · Score: 2, Funny

    A king on a grand a month? That's 12,000 a year. I'm sorry, but I'm calling BS. If you had said you live in WEST Bumblefuck, or maybe Crooked Stick, OK. But East Bumblefuck? No way.

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  9. Re:That's easy by Anonym1ty · · Score: 2, Funny
    That's easy: people from the deep south are all inbred, knuckle-dragging, mouth-breathing, "kinfolk"-marrying, Nascar-watching, trailer-dwelling, unemployed alcoholics who park cars on their lawn, and store appliances on their porches. Duh.

    Yeah, but I bet any a one of them can kick your ass.

    :P

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