On a humorous note, I think we should start outsourcing CEOs, and board members - there would be a great cost savings an we could forgo golden parachutes :)
On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 10:24:15 -0800, Rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am not in charge of the overseas outsourced project here - but I am > watching it happen. There are many things people are not thinking of > when it comes to outsourcing overseas, and I find it kind of funny to > watch. Here are some of the good ones > > * CVS, network, database access is / can be insanely slow for them as > they are across the world. > * Communications with other parts of the project (only some modules > are being handled overseas, and their is not like dev list that anyone > posts changes too so people keep breaking other peoples stuff) > * I work with some of their code, but never met any of them or talk to > them directly - they have a proxy guy here - who is very nice, but I > have to ask him questions then get an answer in a couple days. > > All the uppers where drooling at paying engineers like 2 dollars an > hour, but things, I think, people are totally overlooking are the > details. > > * If they steal all our ideas, are we going to sue them... does an > international lawyer, and court costs null the savings? Not that they > have no honor, but its a possibility. > * If you're outsourcing, then it's probably not feasible to get on a > plane, fly over there and find out whats going on (at least of this > example Calif -> India) > * If your communications setup in house is ok to bad, it seems to get > really bad when outsourcing - esp. when overseas. > * If you think its going to "save the project", you're probably wrong. > > And I have noticed an odd thing too - when I work with local > programmers, they tend to do extra stuff... you know those "hey thats > cool good idea" kind of things. While the outsourced guys seem to > fulfill the requirements (mostly) they don't seem to go the extra > mile. > > ...ranting from the Pit... > > > > On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 08:55:19 -0500, Ryan Emerle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Has anyone had any success outsourcing large projects, or portions of > > large projects, overseas or to temporary/freelance employees? Any > > pros/cons to either? Any resources you can offer to someone exploring > > his options? > > > > Basically, we're looking to supplement our current resources while the > > company grows. Unfortunately our timeline does not allow much > > flexibility to train new full/part time employees. > > > > Any help would be appreciated. Personal experiences would be extremely > > helpful. > > > > Thanks! > > -- > > Ryan Emerle > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:184785 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
