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Oh, definitely: I just haven’t found it to be anywhere near as cheap as the money guys tell people – you can certainly save some money, possibly even enough to make up for the communication delays, but I’ve never heard of it being anywhere near the wild claims, and sometimes it’s even a net loss.



I cannot reply to your lower post, as the post tree has been expanded too far.

I just want to say that Americans, and certain other westerners have no right to talk badly about teams from places like India.

These teams often have some of the hardest working people in the world. They often have amazing academic credentials too, along with work credentials.

People who shortchange and underpay these extremely hardworking, gracious, and devoted people are scum. The same goes with talking negatively about people from diverse places. They are not all that different from you!

With the "globalization" that is occurring via the internet, which is being accelerated unbelievably fast by the pandemic, Americans are likely going to be in for an unbelievably ugly surprise in the next 10-20 years.

I am American and I do not want my fellow Americans to suffer, but lifestyle, even in STEM fields is going to decline hardcore. If I am correct on my bets, it will no longer be as remotely comfortable as it was in STEM for Americans.


I completely agree - and it’s not like there aren’t plenty of Americans who coasted in a boom market or relying on things like nepotism, too.

The main thing I see impacting offshoring is communications: it’s hard to build custom software for a business you don’t understand and most companies haven’t been willing to invest in effective mitigation strategies. I’m expecting one outcome of this to be Indian companies pivoting towards SaaS, realizing that many businesses increasingly see in-house software development as a riskier choice.


I agree.


This issue really annoys me because some people start claiming that Indian developers aren’t good when it’s basically as simple as getting what you pay for.




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