Project Management skills and certification is in high demand. As programmers are outsourced, the need for coordination of those assets becomes more and more important. When I first started in what I was doing (a similar field), a developer would also serve as a project manager or at least a SPO for many of his projects depending on the phase. You can’t get that from outsourced workers. You give them something to do, they do exactly what they have to, nothing more.
“You can’t get that from outsourced workers. You give them something to do, they do exactly what they have to, nothing more.”
And that is exactly what those that outsource are finding out the hard way.
Business: “Um, the buttons on the screen are all of differing sizes and shapes and are not aligned at all. Can you fix that?”
Outsource: (In a heavy Indian accent), “We are very sorry, but that was not in the requirement spec. It will cost more and take more time.”
Business: “OK, but the spelling on several items is also not right.”
Outsource: (Still in a heavy Indian accent), “No one specified the proper spelling. That, too, will take more time.”