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It's not a scam, you just have to know what you are buying. For internal Enterprise apps, for testing, for some other things - you need just basic developers w
by sonnyblarney 8y ago
It's not a scam, you just have to know what you are buying.
For internal Enterprise apps, for testing, for some other things - you need just basic developers who can understand problems and solve them.
Also - there's a lot of basic IT work and basic dev-ops-ish stuff that can be done.
So yes, if you try to build a hot new thing, for your hot new startup using Infosys, you're going to fail.
But if you have large company, and need some well-defined system for reviewing customer service inquiries ... well, if you manage the project correctly, Infosys might be a good choice. In fact, it may be your only choice because hiring devs in North America is very expensive.
- osrec 8y agoI'm not convinced. I've seen some terrible test cases written by Infosys engineers. Just a complete lack of imagination with respect to the failure modes of a piece of software. Remember that India is not the "only choice"; Eastern Europe is waiting in the wings at a similar price point, better quality, and better timezone overlap.
- sonnyblarney 8y ago" Just a complete lack of imagination with respect to the failure modes of a piece of software." you get what you pay for to some extent. E. Europe is considerably more expensive than India.
- osrec 8y agoNot really, when you consider that tasks need to be repeated multiple times in India before they're done to an acceptable standard. A few years ago, things were still cheap enough to accept this problem, but now development costs in India have gone up significantly and makes them non viable in my opinion.
- naravara 8y ago>Just a complete lack of imagination with respect to the failure modes of a piece of software. I get this with people Accenture and the like too though. . .