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Comments on: And The Horse He Rode In On https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/03/07/and-the-horse-he-rode-in-on/ On-line Opinion Magazine...OK, it's a blog Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:26:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/03/07/and-the-horse-he-rode-in-on/comment-page-1/#comment-22324 Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:26:29 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/03/07/and-the-horse-he-rode-in-on/#comment-22324 It’s the bringing people here that really pisses me off. There’s not much you can do about sending the job to India, but bringing people in to take jobs that exist in the US is beyond the pale, over the line, etc.

]]> By: Steve Bates https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/03/07/and-the-horse-he-rode-in-on/comment-page-1/#comment-22323 Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:14:13 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/03/07/and-the-horse-he-rode-in-on/#comment-22323 If the media is defective, they’ll replace it.

Oh, yes; they’ll replace it. They’ll ship it Airborne Express, and it will be dumped on your doorstep in midsummer in Houston… even if you’re in your office at the time, the AE guy won’t ring the bell… and whatever adhesive they use to close the CD envelope inside the mailer will melt onto the surface of the CD… the data surface, of course. Then you’ll have to ask again to have the media replaced. If you are lucky, you may eventually get to determine whether the contents were worth all the trouble. (This story is my personal experience. YMMV.)

I always thought contractors would be the last American IT professionals to bite the dust, because they’re “disposable” and don’t absorb benefits. The older I get, the more I fear my assumption was wrong. If I survive to retirement, I may be able to live on my income, but only if the GOP doesn’t find a way to screw up Texas Teacher Retirement. Meanwhile, I’d probably be more employable as a byte-pusher if I lived in Mumbai. I’m not bitter toward those programmers; they’re taking the opportunities they get. But I do resent massive outsourcing/offshoring by American companies.

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