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I can only hope so, after near on a decade of dealing with TCS, HCL, Cap Gemini, Cognizant, and others. I tend to get drawn in because I'm working for an ISV t
by megaman22 8y ago
I can only hope so, after near on a decade of dealing with TCS, HCL, Cap Gemini, Cognizant, and others.
I tend to get drawn in because I'm working for an ISV that makes a product. The Indian third-parties get drawn in because the real customwr has outsourced a function to them. I now have to deal with the incompetent pm on the $outsourced side, instead of the competent, reasonable pm on the real customer. And eight layers of red tape aroind simple config changes arise
- singingfish 8y agoTCS: Total Catastrophe Services
- sidcool 8y agoThey are the biggest IT services company with $100 billion market cap. They are bad at many things, but making money is not one of them.
- chris_wot 8y agoSomeone needs to help reduce that market cap. They really are the pits.
- singingfish 8y agoWorst bit is I feel really sorry for some of the people they employ.
- sumedh 8y agoYou can always start your own company and compete with TCS :)
- badpun 8y agoThe business model of such companies is to bullshit and sometimes bribe the execs into a multimillion contract and then deliver crap (they often have threaten going to court to get paid for their non-services). Not everyone is willing to do that.
- sumedh 8y agoYou can still run your own business honestly and not go for the shady contracts.
- megaman22 8y agoIt's staggering, sometimes. It's just a whirlwind of people churning around, and they kind of expect that anyone they work with has umpteen people to toss at a problem at the drop of a hat. I have encountered some highly effective, competent people at TCS, but the overall level of skill and understanding seems very low.
- mavelikara 8y agoDo you sell to local government or defense contractors? How has your experience been with them? Also, if your customer is smart and still outsource to incompetent folks, they aren't too smart - are they? Either that or they are too smart to deal with you, and have handed over the relationship with similarly capable folks.