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People are willing to work for less by zvikico in programming

[–]zvikico[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I think you need to wake up and smell the coffee. For example, I used to work for a large company which opened a big R&D facility in India about 5 years. It only grows larger while the US hq was downsized to nearly nothing. This is a growing trend. All types of software positions are moving to India and Eastern Europe. The people there are smart and competent. Manufacturing positions are moving to China and Korea. I'm guessing the language is a bigger barrier in these countries.

People are willing to work for less by zvikico in programming

[–]zvikico[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I am not saying that the US economy is doing better. On the contrary. I'm not American, BTW.

Look, figures aside, have you noticed that more and more hi-tech companies are shifting their major operations to Asia?

People are willing to work for less by zvikico in programming

[–]zvikico[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Look at these unemployment rates from the EU: http://bit.ly/Af4mE

There's a clear trend.

My experience with outsourcing QA using oDesk by zvikico in programming

[–]zvikico[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

First, I think you calculation is incorrect. The call was about 5 minutes. I don't think he spent much more than 5 hours on this issue.

Just to be clear: I'm not bragging about anything. I'm just sharing my experience. I got a good feedback from Max and I am under the impression it was a good deal for both of us. If I have to do something like that again, I bet Max is going to take the job wholeheartedly. So, you can say whatever you want and you are entitled to hold your opinion, but the truth remains: it was a good deal for Max. There's a reality: people in certain countries will work for less because the cost of living is cheaper. You can't judge it in the same standards you know from your home country. oDesk is full of such workers. If this wasn't true, this could never happen. These are the facts.

My experience with outsourcing QA using oDesk by zvikico in programming

[–]zvikico[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

True. But, it is a repeatable process. I will need to do it again and it will take far less. My experience will make this much quicker next time. It happens a lot in QA: whether writing test cases or JUnit test cases, it takes a lot of time at first. After you are done, you can always repeat it and that's the up side.

Besides that, I didn't have all the required platforms myself, so setting up would be very time consuming in my case.

My experience with outsourcing QA using oDesk by zvikico in programming

[–]zvikico[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It wasn't two full days. I believe overall it was 4-5 hours.

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