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Soon most of the management will be outsourced as well. It makes sense to have someone who understands the culture of the workers.
Not too wise. Google for "787 Dreamliner outsourcing". It was costly experience for Boeing.
As far as outsourcing stories go, I find this one to have a very nice silver lining for developed countries. R&D is not factory floor oppressive work for people who have no options and often little political power. It is the domain of the intelligent; people with options who are more fully aware of what their options are. IOW, a true middle class. The more the thinking class grows the better all of us are. R&D is not…
The material wasn't really a problem in most industries since early 1950s. The demand is also permanently growing, with population levels increasing, wealth being created etc.
R&D however always follows manufacturing, it's just the nature of their relationship. It can not last long in ivory tower, no matter what politicians tell.
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Soon most of the management will be outsourced as well. It makes sense to have someone who understands the culture of the workers.
I've been thinking this for years. Why not just outsource management?
"Five years from now, Mr. Wadhwa said he believes Indian workers will be developing software on par with programmers in Silicon Valley." Russian/Estonian/[insert any country] are doing that for a while. Just not in their own country, but in Silicon Valley (50% of Silicon Valley startup has at least one founder that's not from USA). For creme de la creme products you need more than just good Indian "worker".
Wait, wasn't R&D the piece of a corporation's work that was going to stay in the US, because every worker here was talented, good at problem solving and so forth?
In the 1980's the driving force was quality and the ones to emulate were the Japanese. Now the driving force is cost, quality is not that important, and the ones to emulate are the Chinese/Indians.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Soon most of the management will be outsourced as well. It makes sense to have someone who understands the culture of the workers.
Not too wise. Google for "787 Dreamliner outsourcing". It was costly experience for Boeing.
As far as outsourcing stories go, I find this one to have a very nice silver lining for developed countries. R&D is not factory floor oppressive work for people who have no options and often little political power. It is the domain of the intelligent; people with options who are more fully aware of what their options are. IOW, a true middle class. The more the thinking class grows the better all of us are. R&D is not…
These aren't necessarily research positions, they are often just offshored software development work and even tech support call centers.
Anything that isn't billed per widget is often counted as R&D - especially when it comes to tax breaks!
The giant sucking sound has become deafening.
Wait, wasn't R&D the piece of a corporation's work that was going to stay in the US, because every worker here was talented, good at problem solving and so forth?
The truth of the matter is that everything that can be outsourced will be outsourced. The idea that "brain work" would remain in the US was just a rationalization to enable the first wave of outsourcing to get underway. In the 1980's the driving force was quality and the ones to emulate were the Japanese. Now the driving force is cost, quality is not that important, and the ones to emulate are the Chinese/Indians.