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Is it a bad take (or a sweeping generalization) to say that the quality of work done by IT service companies in that part of the word is consistently below-par?
by t0ddbonzalez 7y ago
Is it a bad take (or a sweeping generalization) to say that the quality of work done by IT service companies in that part of the word is consistently below-par?
- gowthamgts12 7y agoThis is a common stereotyping to assume. The quality of work you get from outsourcing is directly proportional to the amount you spend. If you need talented people you have to spend more money. It's as simple as that.
- wheelerwj 7y ago> you have to spend more money. i'd go even more broad: its not just about money, its also about time. You can get good returns on junior team members but you need to put in the time to coach/teach/guide/manage just like anything else. more money just means that you're paying someone else to put in the time. Which is cool, different models work in different scenarios.
- pferde 7y agoThat doesn't work when you outsource to Infosys or Cognizant - the people you just spent two weeks coaching and training will be gone next week, replaced by brand new blank-slated, interchangeable cogs. These large Indian outsourcing companies are nothing but a big scam that has cost us millions in productivity, not to mention stress and frustration for not being able to get things done.
- wheelerwj 7y agoI haven't worked directly with those specific firms so I can't comment directly. But that seems like a contractual issue.
- t0ddbonzalez 7y agoQED. Once you're forced to spend more than x amount to secure talented workers, surely you might as well employ domestic programmers/DBAs/whatever?
- KevinEldon 7y agoIf by bad take you mean unfounded conclusion then yes, because you've provided no evidence or argument to support the conclusion. If by bad take you mean unpopular conclusion then maybe; it depends on who you share the unfounded conclusion with and whether they have information or biases that support or contradict your conclusion.
- illuminati1911 7y agoIt’s truth. Nothing more than that. Same is true for most developing countries. The top developers in India and other similar countries have no reason to work there with shitty salaries and sweatshop projects when they can get visa and much better salary in almost any other place like US, Europe, China etc. So they’ll end up leaving and those mega enterprise outsourcing-corporations will pick from the ones that stay.
- klausjensen 7y agoSpot on. Whenever you see a talented person in these large companies, you know it is only a matter of months, before he/she leaves.
- donkeyd 7y ago> they can get visa and much better salary in almost any other place like US, Europe, China etc. In Europe I'm already seeing some pushback against this. In some companies there are so many Indians that it's starting to affect the culture, so they're moving towards hiring more local juniors to train them, because there's less of a language/culture barrier.
- mav3rick 7y agoAffect "culture". You mean Xenophobia ?
- klausjensen 7y agoNot all Indians, not Indian developers/consultants, not all Indian companies - but large IT service companies in that part of the world? They all suck, yes. A lot of really, really smart developers in India. I employ some of them myself. :)