I was with you right up until you said "they are afraid that their jobs will be taken." I realize the plural of anecdote is not data, but from my experience, f

I was with you right up until you said "they are afraid that their jobs will be taken." I realize the plural of anecdote is not data, but from my experience, far and away the most common frustrations Western developers have with offshore outfits is the language gap, and quality of work. I've never seen anyone afraid that another outfit would take their job-- after all, who would fix the code they got back from offshore? :)