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We still have a monopoly on good language practices for American english and/or AFAIK how to actually build something that solves business needs rather than req
by whaleofatw2022 3y ago
We still have a monopoly on good language practices for American english and/or AFAIK how to actually build something that solves business needs rather than requirements.
We saw similar between 2005ish-2015ish. Lots of offshoring where you could get whatever you 'wanted' built, but it was exactly what you 'wanted' and not what actually made sense.
By this I am referring to contract houses that weren't quite 'code genies' but still would deliver products that were barely workable upon delivery. More than one shop I worked at over the last decade actually -suffered- from this.
Magically, most orgs who could figure out how to deliver even semi passable/realistic functional requirements could get the same done in house for a LOT less money.
- Gigachad 3y agoYou are probably thinking about dirt cheap outsourcing to places like India. When part of the shift that's happening now is internal hiring of full time developers in places like Australia or the UK where the language skills and culture is pretty much the same but the wages far lower.
- whaleofatw2022 3y agoThe cost of Australian software historically gives me pause to at least part of your comment. That said, yes a lot of counties can provide very competent software development and houses.. but the communication time gap is often still present. Another shop I worked at had EU devs that were competent, but that communication gap was still a big hurdle.
- rhaway84773 3y agoIndian developers are far superior to Australian and UK developers. It’s just that you’re hiring a million Indian developers for every 1000 UK developers, so is it surprising that the average Indian developer doesn’t seem as good?
- bbg2401 3y agoTone down your racism and ethno-nationalism.