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  • From: Sil Greene <Sil_greene AT unc.edu>
  • To: machett AT ibiblio.org, "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
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  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Hiring US Programmers at Outsourcing Salaries
  • Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 22:01:47 -0500 (EST)



I wonder if they're the same Americans whose standard of living is about
to go down the toilet.

Ah, the good ol' American Dream. Gotta have something to rise up from, eh
boys?

--s

Reported 03.12.08 21:44 from Alan MacHett:
.:No talk of slashing the CEOs' pay, eh?
.:
.:--Alan
.:
.:Michael Czeiszperger said:
.:> This is an interesting story. making what they'd get in India doesn't
.:> seem so bad after being out of work for a while or facing the prospect
.:> of making even less money doing something else:
.:>
.:> http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/dec2003/sb2003122_8887.htm
.:>
.:> The result? "We got flooded" with resumes, about 90 in total, many from
.:> highly qualified programmers having trouble finding work in the down
.:> economy, Jon says. His decision: "For $5,000 it was no contest." Jon
.:> went American. And the outcome? "I think I got the best of both worlds.
.:> I got local people who came in for 10% more (than Indians). And I found
.:> really good ones."
.:>
.:>
.:> --------------------------------
.:> Michael Czeiszperger
.:> http://www.webperformanceinc.com
.:> Website Load Testing, Stress Testing, and Performance Monitoring
.:> Software
.:>
.:
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