Re: World's Cheapest Consultants

[Narayanan Pillai <strqst400@xxxxxxxxx>]

Steve,

You said "The old adage "you get what you pay for" is
what comes to mind.  And if you are paying a "coder"
in India, Russia, China, or wherever only $ 25.00 per
hour or less to produce the work, you are probably
going to get crap code"

I am not sure that this is true. If I may presume,
once the cost of living, exchange rates and other
indices are taken into account, you are probably going
to get the best "coders" you can for $25.00 an hour.

Whereas, it is true that you would not get a
reasonable programmer living in America for that
value, I think it is wrong to assume that you could
not elsewhere. The best example in this context is a
buying a house on three-quarters of an acre in
Manhattan vs buying the same in Mexico. Guess which
one is going to be more expensive ? Same house, same
value, different location, different buying power.
Economics 101.

Narayanan R Pillai
Senior Technical Architect
American Medical & Life Insurance



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