> I think she was referring to overseas outsourcing specifically to save on wages rather than more mundane telecommuting where the only necessary reason for it

> I think she was referring to overseas outsourcing specifically to save on wages rather than more mundane telecommuting where the only necessary reason for it is to de-emphasize the office environment. And that is why I said, "Sure there is globalization." She went too far and stated that it can be done from anywhere. If that were true, very few programming jobs would be on-site. While there are a good number of jobs that can be outsourced onsite, partial-onsite, offsite, blended-shore, offshore, etc., not all are, because not all can be. I agree with her that offshoring is a reason for decrease in development jobs, but not all of them can go away. You have to have onsite FTEs that are invested in the company and have in-house knowledge for some jobs. > I think she is actually thinking of "programmer" as someone who is nothing but a code monkey... Judging by the number of comments on her article, I think she was just trying to cause a disturbance.