[ale] OT: How developers can survive offshoring

[msmith at mikeandmel.com]

Interesting articles.....

I read a book a few years back that touched on this
topic....by Edward Yourdon....titled Decline and Fall
of the American Programmer.  

On Fri, 13 Dec 2002 08:08:39 -0800 (PST), Fulton Green
wrote:

> 
> Unlike most articles that simply bemoan the increased
> offshoring of IT
> projects, this is written to the developer and offers
> ways to avoid being
> marginalized (nutshell: be a superstar, get involved
in
> the cutting-edge
> projects, become more entrenched in your company's
> business knowledge).
> 
> Part 1:
> <a
href="http://mail.mikeandmel.com/jump/http://www.brainbench.com/xml/bb/newsletter/article.xml?contentId=1417">http://www.brainbench.com/xml/bb/newsletter/article.xml?contentId=1417</a>
> 
> Part 2:
> <a
href="http://mail.mikeandmel.com/jump/http://www.brainbench.com/xml/bb/newsletter/article.xml?contentId=1465">http://www.brainbench.com/xml/bb/newsletter/article.xml?contentId=1465</a>
> 
> I'll post Part 3 when it appears.
> 
> I don't mean to kick up a discussion on this (isn't
> there a separate group
> for that?), but I figured the article was politicially
> neutral enough and
> would warrant attention to all the developers on the
> list, whether
> employed or otherwise.
> 
> HTH,
> Fulton
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