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A lot of assumptions and bias in the comment above. You are implying that more expensive means higher quality. Less expensive means lower quality. Both are not
by snambi 9y ago
A lot of assumptions and bias in the comment above. You are implying that more expensive means higher quality. Less expensive means lower quality. Both are not true.
The truth is, "opensource software and cloud" disrupted IBM's business model of selling proprietary software that runs on IBM hardware and selling services to maintain these.
- github-cat 9y agoSorry, you misunderstood my point. My implication is that we should spent the money on the right people. For example, if we have budget of $10000, we can spend them hiring one/two good developers instead of hiring 4/5 below average developers.
- ktta 9y agoIt is possible one can hire better developers for a lower price in India than they would have to pay in the US.
- zeroxfe 9y agoThe (unconscious) bias here is via the assumption that one can't hire good developers in India.
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- scholia 9y agoDo really good American developers actually want to work for IBM? Serious question....
- pm90 9y agoYes.
- scholia 9y agoWhy? The company has reported declining revenues for 21 quarters -- more than five years -- is shedding tens of thousands of staff, doesn't generally pay high wages, has no market-leading products, and has a less sexy image than Apple, Amazon, Google, Facebook, Microsoft and practically every other significant IT company. (I did say American developers, not Indian developers....)