Why do people on Slashdot always refer to technical people in India as a 'monkey'? As an Indian I find this very offensive. I have read this lot of times before... 'code monkey in bangalore' etc. I am not sure if this is a racial comment but it sure comes across as one since I have never heard of a 'code monkey in boston'.
You should watch the movie Outsourced if you want to know why the 'monkey' picks up the phone and says he is 'Mike' - it is so because that's what his American 'non-monkey' boss told him to say to fellow Americans. The Indian asks isn't this lying...to which the American boss has no answer and moves on to the next question.
Another eye-opening scene was when an American consumer objected to ordering a US patriotic item 'Made in China' and 'Ordered from India'... the Indian girl says... OK, don't hang up, I will give you the website for another company which makes the same cup in America and you can talk to Americans while ordering it. The consumer is taken aback and says 'So what's the difference between your product and theirs?'. She says 'Oh. No difference in the product. Theirs is just $200 more'. The consumer pauses and says 'OK. Give me yours'.
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Why do people on Slashdot always refer to technical people in India as a 'monkey'? As an Indian I find this very offensive. I have read this lot of times before... 'code monkey in bangalore' etc. I am not sure if this is a racial comment but it sure comes across as one since I have never heard of a 'code monkey in boston'.
You should watch the movie Outsourced if you want to know why the 'monkey' picks up the phone and says he is 'Mike' - it is so because that's what his American 'non-monkey' boss told him to say to fellow Americans. The Indian asks isn't this lying...to which the American boss has no answer and moves on to the next question.
Another eye-opening scene was when an American consumer objected to ordering a US patriotic item 'Made in China' and 'Ordered from India'... the Indian girl says... OK, don't hang up, I will give you the website for another company which makes the same cup in America and you can talk to Americans while ordering it. The consumer is taken aback and says 'So what's the difference between your product and theirs?'. She says 'Oh. No difference in the product. Theirs is just $200 more'. The consumer pauses and says 'OK. Give me yours'.