Re: Roll up your sleeves! - was: RE: [SLUG] Good, Fast and Cheap?

From: Levi Bard (levi@bard.sytes.net)
Date: Mon Aug 18 2003 - 10:12:48 EDT


> The current business attitude that Chinese and Indian programmers working
> for a fraction of an American programmer's salary can generate quality
> software is a serious misconception and will be harmful in the long term.
> Writing software is not a mindless process like riveting parts on an
> assembly line, there is an art to it. And the truth is that most people
> can't do it very well.

I disagree. Some of the best software engineers I've seen have been
Indian and Chinese - I think the misconception is that higher pay ==
better training.

Levi
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