Re: Consult400 Digest, Vol 4, Issue 19

See questions in-line...

Regards,
Steve Landess
Austin, Texas

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Rob Berendt wrote:
message: 7
date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 09:41:59 -0500
from: rob@xxxxxxxxx
subject: Re: [Consult400] Hi

Easy buddy or I'll release Steve on you.  :-)

Rob Berendt

So how many programmer/technical jobs has Dekko offshored, Rob?

fbocch2595@xxxxxxx  wrote:
Consulting on the iSeries / AS400 <consult400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Is it a true statement that if salary and/or expenses have to be cut then
how better to do that then with replacing experienced and more expensive
citizens with less expensive, not experienced aliens?

My last company laid of 9 programmers w/average tenure of 10 years, in
favor of over seas folks...and we made $ last year.

fbocch:
You indicate your "last" company...

John Earl wrote:
...

I'm not making a value judgment on whether this is good or bad, I'm just
stating that it is what it is.  If your current salary is $75K and you
want to sustain it, ask yourself what are you doing that couldn't be
replicated by 3 off-shore workers that are happy to work for $25K?

Answer that question successfully (and lot's of people do), and you
won't need any government to "protect" your job.

I'm not trying to start an argument here, John, BUT:
How many jobs have YOU offshored?