The secret of how to be miserable is to constantly expect things are going to happen the way that they are "supposed" to happen.
You can have faith, which carries the understanding that you may be disappointed. Then there's being a willfully-blind idiot, which virtually guarantees it.
Originally posted by Matt Cao:
The more I read into the "India" outsource/offshore stuffs, the more I lower my respectation for those people. If they are so smart with so many educated young people, why their countries not invest into them by creating the environment that foster those countries economic prosperities.
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...China history is counted by centuries so whatever changed in political system, we have to expect in term of century too.
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U.S. companies should be taking a closer look at Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and elsewhere in the region for outsourcing work. Countries there have set up low-tax zones for foreign companies and have a surplus of trained, English-speaking technologists.
With the world competing for cushy U.S. IT jobs, you'd think that low-cost labor was your biggest concern. It's not. Computers are. Task automation is a bigger threat to IT jobs. Corio's Ottman says, "We want to automate labor out of the equation as much as possible." A competing ASP, Surebridge Inc. in Lexington, Mass., has an internal program called Project 55 with the goal of running applications 55% less expensively than companies could do themselves. While offshore labor savings are part of the difference, automation can make a bigger difference.
Or maybe you should just go to a smaller company. Laurence Bunin, CEO of Handshake Dynamics LLC, a New York-based management advisory firm, says, "The big trend in the midmarket is a dramatic shift to insourcing." He says a number of $100 million to $1 billion companies found that the headaches and costs of managing outsourced projects sucked out all the savings from cheap Indian labor. Corio's Chaddha points out that any deal with an Indian outsourcer needs to add back 15% to 25% of U.S. labor wage rates just to manage the complexity of the agreement. For a large company or an ASP that can spread the costs over many users, the management overhead isn't as big a burden. But for midsize companies, it's a pain. As a result, says Bunin, his clients are bringing their applications back in-house. And cost isn't the only reason. For midsize companies, information management can be one of the biggest competitive advantages, as their application needs are highly specialized. That means offshore outsourcers are best used for commodity operations.
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The secret of how to be miserable is to constantly expect things are going to happen the way that they are "supposed" to happen.
You can have faith, which carries the understanding that you may be disappointed. Then there's being a willfully-blind idiot, which virtually guarantees it.
Originally posted by Ashok Krishnan:
Knowing Indian history is equally old, would you believe its possible for these 'educated young people' to change things overnight?
Originally posted by Ashok Krishnan:
India is a billion strong country, and the smart and educated youth that the west is now talking about is just a tiny little fraction of the whole population. However, the exposure the IT industry is setting many examples to rest of the population and the pace and professionalism of doing business is catching on, and slowly getting noticed at other sectors as well. Sooner or later, we expect more tech-savvy ministers and a better administration to match that of the Western standards (which are quite good and desirable, I should admit!)
What examples? Hands-out?
Originally posted by Bhushan Jawle:
Umm....Sabeer Bhatia, Founder of Hotmail(IIT Delhi), Vinod Khosla (IIT Delhi) Co-Founder of Sun...Vivek Ranadive CEO of Tibco ...there are many more but that should answer your question.
Originally posted by Matt Cao:
Hi,
What examples? Hands-out? India needs to create infrastructure or the environment for all her industries not just IT. As I mentioned earlier, the outsource/offshore from the westerner POV, IT industry in India POV is nothing more than glorify consulting business.
.......it very difficult to think when you hungry.
Regards,
MCao
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Meanwhile, its clear that like many others, you believe that India is a big mass of impoverished people, and a few hundred thousand programmers. That's not the case. The following extract from an article might sound rhetoric as it comes from an Indian, but they are just facts.
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The secret of how to be miserable is to constantly expect things are going to happen the way that they are "supposed" to happen.
You can have faith, which carries the understanding that you may be disappointed. Then there's being a willfully-blind idiot, which virtually guarantees it.