[PJUG Javamail] Is software engineering in the US dead?

[Nimret Sandhu]

but I would still say that the challenges that I mentioned are probably still 
pertinent. It's not an issue of whether jobs are being outsourced from the US 
to somewhere else or within the US - there are challenges which are 
overlooked and probably should be considered as the overall cost of 
sub-contracting any chunk of work. The raw cost benefit is not the only 
picture.

Things such as what kind of work it is ( support is a lot different from 
software development which is different from IT), timezone differences, 
business climate, cultural differences, etc etc.

I am not saying that it isn't doable .. just that there are challenges which 
are not given any thought until companies go down this path and realize that 
maybe they should have thought of these issues.

cheers,
-- 
Nimret Sandhu
http://www.nimret.com
http://www.nimsoft.biz

On Wednesday 30 September 2009 10:00:09 am John Watson wrote:
> To add to this comment, my office here in Portland does software
> development for a hedge fund administrator in New York.  The
> real-estate is so much cheaper here (even really nice offices with
> great views) than in midtown Manhattan, that it makes sense to hire
> people here, rather than in New York. And, as we're 3 hours behind New
> York, we can provide production support during east coast afternoon
> commute time, which saves the team in New York from having to do that.
>
> John
>
> On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 12:52 PM, Richard Johnson <richardj at lingosys.com> 
wrote:
> > What's the logical complement to outsourcing?
> >
> > My team just got tasked this morning with writing some software for our
> > sister company in the UK.   I guess the global economy can work both
> > ways, even if outflows greatly exceed inflows at the present.
> > --
> > Richard Johnson, Systems Architect
> > Lingo Systems
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