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Outsourcing to Rural America
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."
Bloomington? Shouldn't you be busy drinking and upholding that #1 party school ranking instead of using IT skills to benefit the world?
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Bloomington is too big. Perhaps outsource to Bloomfield or Loogootee
oh come on... it is only A JOKE!, I am a Mexican, go, say something about Mexico, it is only a FUCKING JOKE!, we are too busy eating chilly and tequila and stealing whatever...
Ubuntu is an African word meaning 'I can't configure Debian'
They took our Jeeeeeeeeeeeeobs!!
Yeah, but people in India and Pakistan might be forced by their parents into taking the afternoon off to marry their cousin.
"It is estimated that at least 55% of British Pakistanis are married to first cousins and the tradition is also common among some other South Asian communities and in some Middle Eastern countries." Read more here.
The difference between Alabama and Pakistan or India is that in Alabama, it's not your parents forcing you to marry your cousin. (Unless, of course, she's pregnant!)