[FredZarguna]

If you’ve ever had to clean up after the $17K guys IBM puts on contracts, it becomes pretty clear that you get what you pay for. Despite the reputations of Asians, the entry-level folks are not very good coders.

[proxy_user]

You mean you shouldn’t hire the high-school grad who took the two-week Java course at the cram school above the dosa joint? Who knew?

Seriously, the consulting companies will slip you plenty of duds if you let them. They’re all like that. You name the price, they’ll find someone who will accept it. Never believe what is on the resume, verify references, and watch out for identity fraud.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

If you’ve ever had to clean up after the $17K guys IBM puts on contracts, it becomes pretty clear that you get what you pay for. Despite the reputations of Asians, the entry-level folks are not very good coders.

Depends on which entry-level folks - the Indian Institute of Technology is brutally difficult to get into and those who don't quite make the cut look to US and European universities as backup choices. I've had the opportunity to work with a couple of IIT students on a research topic and they were very sharp, to say the least. But the people who graduate from that caliber of school don't accept jobs as contractors for IBM, and the drop-off in quality from the IIT to the average diploma mill in India is steep.

[SecondAmendment]

"...If you’ve ever had to clean up after the $17K guys IBM puts on contracts, it becomes pretty clear that you get what you pay for..."

It's the overpaid MBA in charge of the project who should be outsourced!