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25 Years Old and an Offshore IT Manager

dcblogs writes "The Chinese outsourcing market, at $1.7 billion last year, is growing at 38% a year, according to research by the Everest Group. This is creating opportunities for Westerners who want to go to China, learn the language, and help these Chinese offshore companies reach overseas markets. There are job opportunities for people with management experience or who are young and willing to gamble. Here's the story of one 25-year-old who started learning Mandarin on his plane ride over to China, three years ago, and is now an international development manager for an IT offshoring firm."

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  1. Re:Keep in mind by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    and u have GOT to taste chinese pussy, otherwise it just ain't the same.

  2. But only Americans are racist by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The good news is that being white is a free status booster.
    The bad news is that being dark skinned means the exact opposite.


    But I am confused, I thought only Americans could be racist. Specifically I thought only white Americans could be racists.
    That is what I learned from years of listening to the media and to my school teachers.
    Too many dead white men oppressing the rest of humanity. Shameful, shameful white men. They need to be punished. If only all white men where dead white men.

    After all if you don't vote for Obama it is obviously because you are a racist.

    Kwai Lohs are the real racist and to imply that Chinese live in anything but a superior moral state is very bigoted and wrong.

  3. Chengdu by burpburp · · Score: 0, Troll

    TA says that the guy lives in Chengdu. Well that means he's probably dead by now.

  4. hrmph by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    who the fuck wants to live in china? Having lived there and several other places in SE Asia, I can tell you it is one gigantic shithole and yes, that includes Japan.

  5. Re:Why are you asking management questions on /.? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Your command of written English is very poor, and I suspect that so, too, are your verbal and teaching skills.

  6. proprietary vs FOOS software by falconwolf · · Score: 0, Troll

    Proprietary software encourages rushed-out-the-door projects, open-source doesn't.

    There's space for both proprietary and FOOS software. Photoshop is a good example of proprietary software, despite being worked on for more than 10 years GIMP is no where near having the capabilities of Photoshop. While CinePaint, aka FilmGIMP, is closer I don't know if it has all the capabilities of PS. While I haven't used PS I did use GIMP and Paint Shop Pro, and PSP beat GIMP handily.

    Actually open source does encourage rushing software out of the door. Look at how often fixes are released, frequently. Of course many OS projects make it easy to install patches but they are still released with bugs.

    Falcon