Re: Am I Wasting My Time?

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From: BeastFish (beastfish_at_for-president.com)
Date: 03/31/04 

Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 14:31:24 -0500

It's not that the coders don't care about the quality or are necessarily
less skilled. They're called "code factories" for a reason. Pump out code
as fast as possible, just like a manufacturing facility (your Nike
sweatshops). It's more of a manufacturing mentality than a development
environment. Testing and QA are not a priority.

And an advanced degree don't mean sh1t when it comes to a creative,
analytical, problem solving field. One of the most brilliant programmers
I've ever worked with never even went to college.

"Jezebel" <frolly@mkkk.com> wrote in message
news:#qQTt0vFEHA.3324@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> On the contrary, they have acquired a well-deserved reputation in most
> places for excellent work. Diligent, quick, and frugal. Under the
> circumstances, they have EVERY reason to care about the result: given the
> field they're competing in, any other approach is likely to have peurile
> racists suggesting that they're negligent and incompetent.
>
> It might be tough on local programmers, but there you go ... think of it
as
> payback for the Nike sweatshops.
>
>
>
>
>
> "Michael Culley" <mculley@NOSPAMoptushome.com.au> wrote in message
> news:eYIO%233tFEHA.3912@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > They are successful because they do poor quality work?
> >
> > --
> > Michael Culley
> >
> >
> > "Jezebel" <frolly@mkkk.com> wrote in message
> news:eeAr1DtFEHA.3984@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > > Well yes, that's one reason why Indian subcontractors are so
successful.
> Not
> > > sure how that helps the original poster, though.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Michael Culley" <mculley@NOSPAMoptushome.com.au> wrote in message
> > > news:eiwkV9sFEHA.2208@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > > > "Jezebel" <frolly@mkkk.com> wrote in message
> > > news:e1hecjsFEHA.1268@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > > > > It's not just that programmers in India are cheaper, but they
often
> have
> > > > > advanced degrees (typically PhD in computer science) as well.
> > > > > Notwithstanding, such outsourcing is useful only if the project is
> large
> > > > > enough to justify the overhead. Which exlcudes the vast bulk of
> > > programming
> > > > > work.
> > > >
> > > > Add to that the fact that you usually get poor quality work from
> people
> > > who don't care about the end result.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Michael Culley

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