Re:Developers are the autoworkers of our generation
by illumen on Monday September 02, 2013 @01:21PM
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The uncle of a company leader (CEO owner etc) owns a software company. Through a complex deal involving government grants, and a development deal with another company, the software if developed through them actually makes them money to build. Three of the developers are hired to the other company as consultants for a while, so they can explain how it all works. The rest of the developers are let go. Finally the original consultants are let go, at which point everything is outsourced to a team based out of Lithuania, India, and Brazil.
Re:Developers are the autoworkers of our generation
by smk11 on Monday September 02, 2013 @04:03PM
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Yeah, that sounds plausible, but would have many draw backs that are big enough, I think, to prevent it from happening where I work. For example, needing a code change last minute before role close to be able to force parcels through role before the normal close date, etc. Not to mention the red tape that would prevent the department from being able to do that.
Also, in this scenario, I would hate to be one of the employees who uses the software, because it is very complicated, and for them to have to ability to meat with the development team face to face for training, feature requests, or bug reports is very beneficial. But, it is unfortunate that some companies often don't see the benefit of having good in house IT professionals and developers, at least when they are looking for more ways to please stakeholders.
This is one part of the developer community that doesn't get publicized as much. The Startup web companies are not the only place where developers work, but they are the most competitive. I work for an Assessor's office as a developer, and we develop our management information system in house. There are only about 7 developers that know how it works, and each one is specialized in certain areas of it. There is no way that someone could come in and replace us without spending years working with the software first. There is no out of box program that could take the place of this specialized and customized software. And even if there was a company this department could out source too, they would not get bug fixes and new builds as fast as they do now.