[ale] OT: more info on where all the jobs are (going...)

[J.M. Taylor]

Geoffrey said:
> I've been on the
> receiving end of software produced overseas as well as by contractors
> who can't even verbally communicate.  The code works, but sucks.  It's
> not well written, it's not documented (if they don't have a command of
> the language, they can't speak OR write it).

How many IT managers do *you* know that can tell a well-written and
working program from one that is shite and unmaintainable, but working? 
How many US programmers comment or document their code vs just hacking it
together to meet deadlines?  The offshore coders may be perfectly
competent when they're not being pushed to churn out whatever crap they
can as fast as they can, just as US coders might....

It is depressing tho, isn't it? :\

2c, rantmode off,

jenn


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