It depends on the work mix. I know at my current job, I am MUCH more effective at writing actual new code than the offshore team (for one thing, I actually lik

It depends on the work mix. I know at my current job, I am MUCH more effective at writing actual new code than the offshore team (for one thing, I actually like doing it, whereas they seem to put it off for days in favor of other make-work activity the company generates). OTOH, I'm no better at filling out random paperwork than they are, maybe even less effective, since they will readily gamble that a sketchy answer in a form won't bounce back for clarification. So, if there is a lot of low level busy work, you might as well hire entry level workers. Just don't let them build stuff that perpetuates more busy-work, or it can become a tough pit to climb out of ... and now I'm off on a tangent.