Re: Rural Outsourcing

On Thu, 2006-02-16 at 17:28 -0600, Shannon ODonnell wrote:

> But she does make a great point.  Why in the world would any company want to
> send programming work to India when you can get quality, reasonably priced
> work done right here in the U.S. through the use of rural-outsourcers? 
> 
I don't know.  I've lived in central Iowa for about ten years now.  I
can work for my customers in California and other 'high rent' places for
a decent wage, but with an Iowa expense level.  However, I've noticed
that jobs are getting harder to come by, even so.

If it's so great, than why is it rare?  I ran a quick search on dice.com
for 'RPG or ILE or AS/400 or AS400 or i5 or iSERIES'.  1043 results.
Check the 'telecommute only' box and watch that drop to fifteen.  

Regards,
Rich