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

[John Watson]

Agreed, although in my case it isn't sub-contracting.  We are
employees of the company, just working in a remote office, which makes
a world of difference.

On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 1:24 PM, Nimret Sandhu <nimret at nimret.com> wrote:
> 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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