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Re:IBM Now Has More Employees in India Than in the U.S by github-cat on Friday September 29, 2017 @01:30PM (#15367275)
Sorry, you misunderstood my point. My implication is that we should spent the money on the right people. For example, if we have budget of $10000, we can spend them hiring one/two good developers instead of hiring 4/5 below average developers.
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Re:IBM Now Has More Employees in India Than in the U.S by ktta on Friday September 29, 2017 @01:47PM (#15367446)
It is possible one can hire better developers for a lower price in India than they would have to pay in the US.
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Re:IBM Now Has More Employees in India Than in the U.S by zeroxfe on Friday September 29, 2017 @02:00PM (#15367547)
The (unconscious) bias here is via the assumption that one can't hire good developers in India.
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Re:IBM Now Has More Employees in India Than in the U.S by scholia on Friday September 29, 2017 @03:27PM (#15368348)
Do really good American developers actually want to work for IBM? Serious question....
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Re:IBM Now Has More Employees in India Than in the U.S by pm90 on Friday September 29, 2017 @04:05PM (#15368679)
Yes.
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Re:IBM Now Has More Employees in India Than in the U.S by scholia on Friday September 29, 2017 @06:22PM (#15369757)
Why? The company has reported declining revenues for 21 quarters -- more than five years -- is shedding tens of thousands of staff, doesn't generally pay high wages, has no market-leading products, and has a less sexy image than Apple, Amazon, Google, Facebook, Microsoft and practically every other significant IT company.

(I did say American developers, not Indian developers....)

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