[oceanview]

"He said this would mean more engineers are hired in India than in the U.S. over the next three years."

and people wonder and attack me (and others) when I post that american kids are bailing out of these engineering college programs as fast as they can. this is an example of why.

stuff like this, is "under the radar" with regards to why Bush polls so poorly on the economy - it doesn't get talked about much, but for people who work in this field and see this every day, its there.

[seppel]

This kind of stuff only stops when US customers begin boycotting Cisco products.

[LibFreeOrDie]

Same with EMC ($250,000,000 so far):

http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2003/11/17/daily10.html

http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2005/02/21/daily63.html

[Salo]

Tech pings.

[A. Pole]

He said this would mean more engineers are hired in India than in the U.S. over the next three years.

Change of plans? See my tagline.

[kms61]

Fortunate for the GOP that the Democrats have, for now, come down on the side of "open borders, free trade." If they ever decided to make this an issue (or figured out a way to play both sides of the fence,) it would be Katie Bar the Door.

[RushingWater]

There's a lot of good talent in India but most companies that have outsourced there have scaled back. Generally it seems like some sort of disconnect develops. I wouldn't want to invest a majority of my resources there.

In IT myself, I find it very discouraging to be the core for the success of the company and have management not compensate you for your work - and make no mistake about it, the IT geeks in your company are the foundation for its success - just have a little database downtime and you'll know what I mean.

In the meantime, project managers and financial managers are all compensated better but are not utilizing a mental genius like the IT guys are having to do every day.

[MonroeDNA]

Hi Willie!

[gonewt]

It's just capitalism. If these Indians will work for $15k/year, it's good for American CEOs, and what's good for American CEOs is good for the rest of us.

</sarcasm>

[nickcarraway]

Bangalore's IT dream fades in the rain (IT's not all right in India's Silicon Valley)

[RGSpincich]

Mujibar was trying to get a job in India. The Personnel Manager said, "Mujibar, you have passed all the tests, except one. Unless you pass it you cannot qualify for this job."

Mujibar said, "I am ready." The manager said, "Make a sentence using the words Yellow, Pink and Green."

Mujibar thought for a few minutes and said, "Mister manager, I am ready." The manager said, "Go ahead."

Mujibar said, "The telephone goes green, green, green, and I pink it up, and say, 'Yellow, this is Mujibar.'"

Mujibar now works as a technican at a call center for computer problems. No doubt you have spoken to him.