Re:The Coming Death Of Indian Outsourcing
by iamelgringo on Saturday March 01, 2008 @11:13AM
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I am pretty sure that Indian outsourcing is going to be on the decline, but that's just because India is getting to be at parity with the US in certain respects. Salaries in Bangalore are almost at parity with salaries in Silicon Valley, say a couple of my Indian friends who are from Bangalore and are working in the Valley.
But, now that there is an upper-middle class in India, when the ball drops, and people lose their jobs I think they'll find it relatively easy to start a business and code a web app. Why? Because they can now afford a home computer and bandwidth. And, a $20 a month Slicehost account won't break their monthly budget.
I think what people who are born and raised in the States don't really understand, is how much of a luxury item having a computer is in most of the world. It's hard to buy a $400 computer when you're living on $200 a month.
But, now that there is an upper-middle class in India, when the ball drops, and people lose their jobs I think they'll find it relatively easy to start a business and code a web app. Why? Because they can now afford a home computer and bandwidth. And, a $20 a month Slicehost account won't break their monthly budget.
I think what people who are born and raised in the States don't really understand, is how much of a luxury item having a computer is in most of the world. It's hard to buy a $400 computer when you're living on $200 a month.