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Re:Cisco Said to Be Cited for Bias Against U.S. Workers by flukus on Monday August 20, 2018 @09:04PM (#17805857)
> The real secret is that this is the only thing that keeps tech onshore.

If this was the only thing it would have gone offshore more than a decade ago. The reason is hasn't gone offshore is because the results are terrible for a number of reasons, with precious few success stories. It is a tried and failed technique to cut software costs.

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Re:Cisco Said to Be Cited for Bias Against U.S. Workers by mavelikara on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @03:35AM (#17807779)
Remember, the engineers who work on the top-tier SV firms will also be going offshore. With that talent pool abroad, many more offshore projects than now will be successful.

Also, even now India exports $100B+ worth of software services to US. It is not as if every project offshored is producing "terrible results".

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Re:Cisco Said to Be Cited for Bias Against U.S. Workers by Spooky23 on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @10:17AM (#17809782)
You're mistaking outsourcing with offshoring.

Paying maximum viable cost for minimum viable output is the type of outsourcing that you're thinking of. India, Eastern Europe, etc is full of smart people capable of doing pretty much anything. Being located in California doesn't give you super-powers.

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