Posted on 08/14/2009 2:53:18 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Once Gibbs gets the boot, this guy can walk right in.
Truth. You may or may not be amazed at how many times I have had programmers here (and elsewhere) who keep saying that programming is a skill, not just a craft. I try to advise them, but many times they are too invested in their own perception of their "superior" abilities to listen.
I have run at least 2 projects where I had a room full of developers in China for $5 or $10 an hour each (as opposed to the $100 or so for one here), and when properly managed put out some pretty high-quality stuff.
Managers off shore always speak English. It is the language of computing (in fact all of technology).
The only time I find language to be a problem is when a message is issued (information, error, etc.). The messages frequently have syntax problems -- "An error you are having and needing please to be corrected."
But once you have managed a few of these, you learn to be very specific on message text in the specifications and to highlight any new trap messages that came up during the development cycle.
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