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Well it seems anything having to do with manufacturing moves to China. How long before software engineering moves there too?

• philwelch 15y ago
  If you're building glass, or gaskets, or tiny screws, or LCDs, you want your factory to be in China next to the iPhone factory so the parts can arrive as quickly as possible. If you're building iOS, you can just upload it to the factory from California with comparable delay.
  • jeffool 15y ago
    Until your manager decides three other programmers from China or India could output a larger quantity of serviceable code for half your wage. And the drop in cost nets him a bonus from his bosses. Until they offshore him, and only need translators to run their company.
    • zerostar07 15y ago
      Yes this is what I m talking about. Eastern Europe is also a target