Re: World's Cheapest Consultants

["Michael R" <michaelr_41@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

That's my point...the folks in India or China or Taiwan are not
consultants...they're coders. The consultants (or analysts or whatever) are
sitting with the client.






> From: "Adam Lang" <aalang@rutgersinsurance.com>
> Reply-To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
> Subject: Re: World's Cheapest Consultants
> Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 13:39:10 -0500
>
> Because it works like this.
>
> Say Company A is a consulting firm.  Their main office is in Silicon
> Valley.
> 90% of the staff is US/English speaking.
>
> They have the marketing staff and several technicians and project leads.
>
> They deal with the clients.
>
> They then relay what needs to be created to their developers overseas.  It
> is no different than how a customer deals with someone like HP or IBM right
> now.  Your point of contact is your account rep and you really have no
> contact with the actual developers ... who now happen to be in another
> country.
>
> We were looking into writing a new Insurance Application and a company we
> spoke to was setup like this.  They had about a dozen people in California
> and a troop of coders in Taiwan.
>
> Adam Lang
> Systems Engineer
> Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
> http://www.rutgersinsurance.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael R" <michaelr_41@hotmail.com>
> To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
> Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 1:15 PM
> Subject: Re: World's Cheapest Consultants
>
>
> > I am a consultant...I code too, but consulting is my bag...and I can't
> > imagine how I could consult for an Indian or Chinese company from my
> desk
> in
> > Michigan. I code write code given decent specs, but without
> communication,
> > how does one consult?
>
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