[ale] Defeated by the offshoring of America....

[hbbs at attbi.com]

I was sort of thinking the same thing - why snip?  Don't we all need to know
which companies behave this way?

- Jeff
> John -
> 
> 	Sorry to hear it, and I no its of little solice but you're better off 
> not working for such a 
> company. To wit - why protect their name? Seems to me I'd want to make it clear 
> which companies 
> are still under the belief that software development (I assume you're a 
> programmer) is a 
> commoditized resource - if only so I can know to short their stock. I'm all for 
> cheap labor and my 
> stance on allowing talented foreignors to come and compete freely is widely 
> known - but most pure 
> offshore development efforts have failed miserably because people don't know how 
> to manage 
> them correctly. Of course, a great many "onshore" ones do as well so I guess if 
> you're planning to 
> lose money then you made the right decision to lose less of it... :-) But then - 
> you shouldn't be CEO.
> 
> 	Ben Scherrey
> 
> 4/14/2003 11:24:46 AM, "John Wells" <jb at sourceillustrated.com> wrote:
> 
> >Thought you guys might be interested in a response I got this morning from
> >a buddy of mine about a job I had interviewed for with his company:
> >
> >"I think they filled it last week.  The main benefit of the resource they
> >used
> >was the fact he was offshore.  <company name snipped/> is making every
> >attempt to hire offshore resources when available.  You interested in
> >moving to India?"
> <snip>
> 
> 
> 
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