Comments on: Working with Developers in India: Why, Whom, and How

By: Tinu Cleatus

Tinu Cleatus — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:33:13 +0000

I’m sorry for those who have had bad luck with any Indian developers. But I’m myself a Ruby on Rails developer from India working as part of an agile team who works round the clock and I find this article very amusing because thats exactly how things workout when outsourcing to developers not only in India but any nation. Thanks !

By: Skinner

Skinner — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:53:13 +0000

I can only say one thing about Indian work – they are big slackers and have no sense of quality…

By: Luka

Luka — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:33:26 +0000

I work with Indian developers every day and their working style is same as their lifestyle – lame!

By: Luka

Luka — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:31:49 +0000

Excuse me, but Indian developers suck!!!

By: Ben Little

Ben Little — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:52:36 +0000

I outsource quite a bit of my team to India and I can say they are hard workers.

By: Free Article Directory

Free Article Directory — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:07:49 +0000

Outsouring has worked considerably well for my online business model.
With low costs it has enabled my to concetrate on other activities.

By: Article Directory

Article Directory — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:33:07 +0000

Outsourcing for me has been excellent.
All I can say it’s worked great for my business.

By: revive

revive — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 11:05:26 +0000

We have outsource, like your company, to many countries around the world in search of dedicated, reliable and knowledgeable programmers. Suffice it to say that every interaction we have had with Indians, has caused loss of time and money on my end. After each time, I continue to tell myself that the next Indian person I work with should not be hindered (in my mind) because of the interaction with someone else who happens to be of the same nationality. And each time, I am regrettably WRONG! The last interaction with an Indian business man cost me over $30k USD ! So, let me say this win clarity, I’m not talking about small projects with bad coding,.. I’m talking about an interaction with a single nationality that continues to produce untrustworthy results.

I would suggest ANYONE looking to outsource to any country, especially India, do research
on the team you’re considering and ask for referrals,.. then check the referrals legitimacy.

In the end, we’ve positioned an additional team in Asia who we are extremely impressed with and proud of.

Best of luck to you all.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:13:21 +0000

I think this stuff about ohhh outsourcing benefits everyone. In theory, it’s supposed to but the reality says otherwise. Outsourcing only helps those who actually run the company. Companies are learning now that sure, you may be able to cut costs by shipping overseas but at what expense. If sales aren’t at the levels they used to be because no one has a job in the country you are trying to sell the products to then you may not have actually sold anything. The #1 rule of finance is that there is no free lunch. There is a good and bad consequence for everything.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:57:59 +0000

“unrestricted trade across international boundaries makes life better for everybody in the end.”

How? I have yet to see a single benefit of this. We offshore product manufacturing to China, and end up with a bunch of cheap crap, and close down factories stateside. We offshore software development to India, cut jobs here, all in the name of “saving money for the same output”? Sorry, but in my experience the work output isn’t so great, you get what you pay for.
Where does the cost savings reach the consumer? Oh wait, it doesn’t. Nike, Abercrombie, etc. they all outsource their manufacturing and production to countries where the work is “cheaper” but still we pay $60 for a tshirt, and $100 for a pair of shoes?

Oh wait, I know who this benefits…those running the companies!