Re: Outsourcing developer to India and China - As an Oracle developer I am miffed

Jitendra Patel wrote:

>>Are we having our life opportunities terminated and rolled out at a
>>cheaper cost in these countries. I thought Globalisation was supposed to
>>bring competition - Instead our IT manager are giving away our
>>livlyhoods for nothing.
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>What about our livelihoods? In India, $20 per day is a great salary,
>and it is not our problem that you desire 10 times that amount for the
>same volume of work.
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>>So what if cheaper - Is it ethical????? Is it fair on your children or
>>the society your ancestors dreamed of building.
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>Very racist. My ancestors dreamed of prosperity also.
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>>If these people want oracle jobs than they should get of their butts and
>>come to 1st world countries.
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>Why come to you? It is a highly-connected world, and a T1 can get me
>anywhere on the globe. With ssh, all is secure too.
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And as Jitendra is absolutely correct the only thing one can do to compete with him is to provide things he can't provide:

1. He can't go to a meeting and make himself a useful member of the team.
2. He can't walk down the hall and do on-site user training.
3. He can't work on any project that requires government security clearance.
4. He doesn't understand the nuances of American or European business principles.
5. He can't communicate in English or French or German or Spanish or Japanese as well as some of us might.

So if you are not at least his technical equal why shouldn't someone take him up on his offer of $20/hr.?

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