IT Employment
by john wilker
Well I didn't read their article but here are my thoughts on Offshore Development. My company (as in the one I work for not own) is currently offshoring a great deal of work. Work that the in house developers could do.
The one merit I see in the whole offshore concept is cheap labor. It's literally fractions of pennies on the dollar to hire a developer with similar qualifications that is in another country. That's the benefit.
The drawbacks (seen first hand) are much bigger than the benefits, at least to me. I listenned to a coworker explain to an offshore developer a concept that I understood completely, it took her an hour. Not to knock the guy but he just wasn't getting it. He had no frame of reference for; American workers (this specifically dealt with lazy Loan Officers at branch locations), the US mortgage industry, and I think even the Software development industry. Those three things kept him from understanding what she was trying to explain.
I think on smaller less complicated projects, using offshore resources is a great cost effective idea. Using them anywhere that requires industry knowledge, and a basic understanding of Americans will result in delays.
My company is seeing this now.
J.
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