OT: Computer Science in today's market

[Richard Gaskin]

Jim Bufalini wrote:
> Several years ago I had a company that outsourced to India. You can't leave
> anything to the imagination in the spec. If you do it's guaranteed to come
> back wrong. And there are cultural differences to deal with that effect the
> software.
> 
> For example, making requests to reorder the prompts on a working entry
> screen, so it matches the customer's workflow, elicit disbelief and outright
> laughter. The programmers can't understand why you would take something that
> works and change it solely for the convenience of the end user.

I hope all my clients' competitors outsource. :)

That last line is one of the funniest things I've read in this industry 
in years.  Should be a t-shirt....

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