My company tends to hire consultants based on certifications without a valid tech screening. It seems to me that a lot of Indian devs have certifications coming

My company tends to hire consultants based on certifications without a valid tech screening. It seems to me that a lot of Indian devs have certifications coming out of their ears without really having the skills to back them up. Other than that, I work with a couple of extremely talented Indian devs that are full time employees of the company. I think the issue is that people jump to India for dirt cheap work, and they get it, but it starts to develop a pattern in your mind. I think if they local hired high school kids for the same pay rates, they'd have the same quality of work.