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Boeing's 737 Max software outsourced to lower-paid engineers

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Re: Boeing's 737 Max software outsourced to lower-paid engineers

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How in the world does one hire $9 an hour software engineers?

> Still, for the 787, HCL gave Boeing a remarkable price – free, according to Sam Swaro, an associate vice president who pitched HCL’s services at a San Diego conference sponsored by Avionics International magazine in June. He said the company took no up-front payments on the 787 and only started collecting payments based on sales years later, an “innovative business model” he offered to extend to others in the indus…

How is that allowed? It is like basically the equivalent of dumping products below market and production price like what China frequently does to steel.

Re: Boeing's 737 Max software outsourced to lower-paid engineers

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How in the world does one hire $9 an hour software engineers?

Go to India?

That's usually the case, though in my experience from doing a bunch of re-writes of code outsourced to India - you really do get what you pay for.

Re: Boeing's 737 Max software outsourced to lower-paid engineers

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Money saved by firing experienced engs and outsourcing the development Why is that so hard to understand? Massive fail at risk management maybe?

Can't sell planes, or fly the ones that exist, and pay out huge untold sums in death lawsuits.

Re: Boeing's 737 Max software outsourced to lower-paid engineers

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post #8

How in the world does one hire $9 an hour software engineers?

> Still, for the 787, HCL gave Boeing a remarkable price – free, according to Sam Swaro, an associate vice president who pitched HCL’s services at a San Diego conference sponsored by Avionics International magazine in June. He said the company took no up-front payments on the 787 and only started collecting payments based on sales years later, an “innovative business model” he offered to extend to others in the indus…

How common is this, payment based on sales, and years later!? I guess you only do that with established companies? Still seems like a risk.
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