Thursday, February 05, 2004
A very good, balanced discussion of offshoring. I am personally against offshoring for a few reasons.
1- tax money going to another country's work force
2- jobs going to another country
3- quality of work is lower because of translation issues
Speaking from personal experience, the company I work for has used and is still using offshore programmers (India.) I believe you get what you pay for... my manager has said he can get two of them for one of us. That's all well and good, but let's put it in different terms. Our system is like a baby... it takes great care and attention to keep it in good health. When you take that baby to a day care center, cost wouldn't be your top concern, care would.
1- tax money going to another country's work force
2- jobs going to another country
3- quality of work is lower because of translation issues
Speaking from personal experience, the company I work for has used and is still using offshore programmers (India.) I believe you get what you pay for... my manager has said he can get two of them for one of us. That's all well and good, but let's put it in different terms. Our system is like a baby... it takes great care and attention to keep it in good health. When you take that baby to a day care center, cost wouldn't be your top concern, care would.
Tuesday, February 03, 2004
Another Bad Idea from the Bush administration. Don't get me wrong, I think Bush is much better than Clinton, but he tries to circumvent too many checks and balances.
Another Bad Idea from the Bush administration. Don't get me wrong, I think Bush is much better than Clinton, but he tries to circumvent too many checks and balances.