Indian Software Firm Outsourcing Jobs To US 444
phobos13013 writes "NPR is reporting Indian software maker Wipro is outsourcing positions to a development office opening in Atlanta, Georgia. Although it sounds good for US job growth, the implication is that firms outside the US appear to be dominating more and more in the global economy, even from developing and underdeveloped regions of the world. Similarly, salaries of IT professionals world-wide are projected to stagnate or possibly fall due to the large pool of qualified applicants in the market today."
qualified applicants? (Score:5, Funny)
qualified. You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means
I love this game! (Score:5, Funny)
Foreign companies outsourcing jobs to the U.S.: bad for the U.S.
Re:qualified applicants? (Score:2, Funny)
But hey, with the way software gets crappier and crappier, I guess they are
Here we go again (Score:5, Funny)
Dilbert comic strip? (Score:4, Funny)
And everyone lies a bit about meeting the SLAs and so quotes cheaper prices.
Re:Ah India. (Score:4, Funny)
So does this mean... (Score:5, Funny)
Or, as Scott Adams has put it.... (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:So does this mean... (Score:2, Funny)
"I recon therza varmit wedged up right in yer fan, that spinny thingamabob thats humin' like a lassy bittin' by a thirsty ol' swamp skeeter".
Re:qualified applicants? (Score:5, Funny)
We need more Engineers! (Score:5, Funny)
This week on Slashdot: Too many engineers! Salaries are falling!
Look for the Deliverator any minute. (Score:3, Funny)
Microcode? Check.
Now for high-speed pizza delivery...
Re:I love this game! (Score:2, Funny)
At least it will be a refreshing change for customers from Mumbai to complain about the incomprehensible accents of the Atlanta call center employees...
Re:We need more Engineers! (Score:5, Funny)
Or at least it will say that by the time you read this post.
Swedish code is still legible (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Swedish code is still legible (Score:5, Funny)
Dammit, Simonyi, no one asked you! Now just go away.
Re:qualified applicants? (Score:3, Funny)