Comment by kumarvvr

4 years ago

IT Companies, especially ones that outsource have had it coming for years.

I am an Indian (though I only worked for a year in IT before leaving for actual work), and let me tell you, we Indian IT developers are a complex bunch.

3 out of 100 know the actual work, actual technology, impact of choices, etc. 80 out of 100 just get by, as in, do the bare minimum required to get by the day and the task assigned to them. The remaining are bootlickers who get promoted to management.

And there are no qualms about ethics. Want to pass a test by commenting some code? "we will do it once to check first, then we will repeat it without commenting" (and the latter will never happen). I would not be surprised if they have a "test" set of code, solely to pass the specs and an internal "actual" code that will be delivered to the customer.

Also, after 20 years or so of outsourcing, I am sure most of my fellows in MNC IT companies have set up practices and navigation rules to deftly distribute the blame such that even senior management is clueless about whom to punish in case of a failure like this.

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illuminati1911  4 years ago

The global economy and free market will always make sure that the talented people will receive higher compensation. It doesn't matter if someone outsources to India or not, but if you are getting something for really cheap you are buying shit and being scammed. There are obviously good high quality Indian developers too, but they are not going to be working for these low cost sweatshops that get contracts from Fortune 500 legacy corps.

  • achenet  4 years ago

    > The global economy and free market will always make sure that the talented people will receive higher compensation.

    Any proof of that statement? Or are you one of those people who believes in the invisible hand of providence the way religious people believe in God?

    Hey, remember back in the good old days of cotton plantations, when the African slaves were well compensated for their extreme talent in picking cotton under inhuman conditions? They were obviously receiving higher compensation than whites, who would have died under the same conditions.

    Man, that good ol' magic of the market huh? Never fails.

    I mean, if you pay 32million for a website, it's obviously going to be good, right? Or at least, it'll go live, right?

    sorry if that was a bit mean, but honestly you seem to be naively believing in something that does not actually exist, and then assuming people who are unlucky are in fact untalented <3

    • lagrange77  4 years ago

      Right. Many people somehow believe in a magical justice-ensuring instance in the world, even though, they are proved wrong every single day.

    • illuminati1911  4 years ago

      ” Any proof of that statement? Or are you one of those people who believes in the invisible hand of providence the way religious people believe in God?”

      It’s inherent fact of the reality we live in. People like money and higher compensation.

      ”Hey, remember back in the good old days of cotton plantations, when the African sl…”

      Slavery is opposite of free market. I don’t know why you bring up such an bad example.