Offshore Development and the American IT
Deanna J. Jones
Is offshore development just a natural evolution of the economy, or is it an example of corporate greed destroying American jobs? It depends on whom you ask. American programmers say offshore outsourcing will eventually cripple the U. S. software industry. Corporations say that by going offshore they are just exercising good business sense. In fact, they may both be right.
This trend of outsourcing IT work offshore began when the Y2K threat was realized. Companies needed more work done than there were workers, so they turned to countries like India. It costs an average of $100,000 a year to employ a developer full time in the United States. A developer of comparative training can be hired in India...
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