Scott Stewart wrote: > I'm not really fond of Bruce's choice of words, but I understand his point. > How are we supposed to compete, with someone who will work for half, or less > of what we do. There's a whole network that would be more than willing to > push you or me or Bruce out of a job to send it to someone overseas. >
I agree. As I said, I'm not a fan of off-shoring. My experience tells me that the lower hourly cost of the work is more than offset by higher project management costs and problems ensuring that the delivered product is really what you want. I think you'll also find that costs for projects in India have gradually gotten higher as their supply of available labor has gotten tighter. You'll see a lot of this offshoring centered on Poland, Romania and Russia these days. What can we do to keep good tech jobs in the US then? I'd say we need to invest heavily in education and infrastructure and continue to push innovation. Explain the value of getting projects done exactly right the first time and the value in getting exactly what you want without having to write a dissertation that covers every single possible detail of the spec. I believe there is still a substantial amount of work to be done in the US and there are good solid economic reasons to do it here. We need to articulate them well and then deliver on the projects we get. Xenophobic rants do not make us look good as an industry nor as human beings. Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Download the latest ColdFusion 8 utilities including Report Builder, plug-ins for Eclipse and Dreamweaver updates. http;//www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs%5adobecf8%5Fbeta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:242195 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
