Indian Software Firm Outsourcing Jobs To US

phobos13013 writes "NPR is reporting Indian software maker Wipro is outsourcing positions to a development office opening in Atlanta, Georgia. Although it sounds good for US job growth, the implication is that firms outside the US appear to be dominating more and more in the global economy, even from developing and underdeveloped regions of the world. Similarly, salaries of IT professionals world-wide are projected to stagnate or possibly fall due to the large pool of qualified applicants in the market today."

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qualified applicants?

[oni]

large pool of qualified applicants in the market today

qualified. You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means

Re:qualified applicants?

[heelrod]

Yea, I dont think I would use the word qualified.

But hey, with the way software gets crappier and crappier, I guess they are

Re:qualified applicants?

[CaffeineAddict2001]

If you are going to outsource code, do it to someplace COLD. The Netherlands, Finland, Sweden, Russia, etc. All of those countries seem to have unusually large supply of good coders. The only problem is that you end up with functions like b0rk(B0rk *bork) { }

Re:qualified applicants?

[kalirion]

Are those countries populated by Trolls with silicon brains?

I love this game!

[Champ]

U.S. companies outsourcing jobs to foreign countries: bad for the U.S.

Foreign companies outsourcing jobs to the U.S.: bad for the U.S.

Re:I love this game!

[nomadic]

Foreign companies outsourcing jobs to the U.S.: bad for the U.S.

At least it will be a refreshing change for customers from Mumbai to complain about the incomprehensible accents of the Atlanta call center employees...

Here we go again

[Cro Magnon]

Another story about outsourcing to 3rd world countries!

Dilbert comic strip?

[TheLink]

Wasn't there a Dilbert comic strip where Dilbert's company outsources to X who outsources to Y who outsources to .... who outsources to Dilbert's company.

And everyone lies a bit about meeting the SLAs and so quotes cheaper prices. ;)

Re:Ah India.

[Anonymous Coward]

Our greatest friend and ally!... After the UK, Australia, Canada, and of course Bosnia. Don't forget Poland!

So does this mean...

[SkinnyKid63]

So does this mean that when Indians call for tech supported, they will get angry because they can't understand the American accent of someone claiming to be Raehan?

Re:So does this mean...

[Tablizer]

So does this mean that when Indians call for tech supported, they will get angry because they can't understand the American accent of someone claiming to be Raehan?

"I recon therza varmit wedged up right in yer fan, that spinny thingamabob thats humin' like a lassy bittin' by a thirsty ol' swamp skeeter".

Or, as Scott Adams has put it....

[DrYak]

Dilbert is just visionnary :

• strip 1 (and here is some text to feed the spam filter)
• strip 2 (again some text to please the spam detector)
• strip 3 (sorry SlashCode : this isn't ads for viagra, these are actual dilbert strips)

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We need more Engineers!

[Trojan35]

Last week on Slashdot: We don't have enough engineers! Should we subsidize those majors in college?
This week on Slashdot: Too many engineers! Salaries are falling!

Re:We need more Engineers!

[Greyfox]

Wikipedia says the number of engineers in the USA has tripled in the last three months. It must be true!

Or at least it will say that by the time you read this post.

Look for the Deliverator any minute.

[peacefinder]

Movies? Check.
Microcode? Check.
Now for high-speed pizza delivery...

Swedish code is still legible

[roystgnr]

cpsJust vbDont vbOutsource ppYour nCode prepTo cntryHungary.

Re:Swedish code is still legible

[frank_adrian314159]

I'm actually a fan of Hungarian notation. It's nice to be able to know both the scope and type of a variable just by looking at it.

Dammit, Simonyi, no one asked you! Now just go away.