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Re: Why India outsourcing is doomed

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Post by SixSigma »

vdaniuk wrote: post #14
neebz wrote: post #3

The most important point is of blended rate. Outsourcing industry has a huge conflict of interest with the customer. Customer wants minimum number of high-quality engineers to complete work in the minimum possible time. Outsourcing companies want the opposite. They don't hire high-quality engineers because a) they eat in to their profit margins because of high salaries b) they get things done quickly which reduces th…

What industries or business models are delivering quality above and beyond "good enough" to ensure customer retention?

Every industry. It is called market segmentation.

Re: Why India outsourcing is doomed

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Post by WalterSear »

okpatil wrote: post #51
lukasm wrote: post #42

There are also cultural problems. Person X won't talk to person Y because he/she is from different caste.

This statement is plain wrong. People you are referring to are highly educated professionals.

I've actually witnessed what the parent refers to, here in silicon valley.

Re: Why India outsourcing is doomed

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Post by ecommercematt »

r0h1n wrote: post #38
woah wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Your post contains more xenophobia than the article, "comrade"

How is that?

I think this excerpt is representative of the content that woah (reasonably, in my estimation) found xenophobic:

"The author from Ukraine of all places probably wants soviet like discipline and work-ethic for USSR salaries? Yeah, ain't gonna happen comrade."

Re: Why India outsourcing is doomed

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Post by varchar »

I have no doubt that the author has experienced these issues and also agree with him on some points. However here's where the error lies - drawing conclusion from your personal experience and extrapolating it to the entire sector worth perhaps 100 billion dollars and predicting it's impending doom. That's just not how reality works. There will be dozens if not hundreds of examples contrary to your experience.

There may be declines, there will changes, restructuring, recalibration, pains, growth etc. Life and business will go on albeit with changes. A broad vision always helps keeping things in perspective in drawing such conclusions.

Re: Why India outsourcing is doomed

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Post by mark_l_watson »

As some people here have already commented, the trick to effective outsourcing is building solid personal relationships. I have worked with people in India, Vietnam, Russia, China, Ukraine, and Hungary. In most cases I keep track of people and share life events long after work is over (or between projects).

Re: Why India outsourcing is doomed

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Post by woah »

ecommercematt wrote: post #55
r0h1n wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How is that?

I think this excerpt is representative of the content that woah (reasonably, in my estimation) found xenophobic: "The author from Ukraine of all places probably wants soviet like discipline and work-ethic for USSR salaries? Yeah, ain't gonna happen comrade."

Correct.
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