You could, but you'd be wrong. I've worked with outsourced devs from India, Ukraine, Russia and the 'stans and hands down the worst experiences have been with

You could, but you'd be wrong. I've worked with outsourced devs from India, Ukraine, Russia and the 'stans and hands down the worst experiences have been with ones from India. The individual devs, when I could drill down, were bright and capable and with enough experience under their belts would be the equal of devs anywhere; the companies, however, very much had a "turn 'em and burn 'em" approach that meant any domain knowledge went out the door. I'm convinced it's a cultural/management thing. They seemed to be trained and actively managed to wait for explicit instructions for what to do instead of taking initiative and communicating it. (DISCLAIMER: This is just my own experience. Others' mileage may vary.)