[rescue] [geeks] Looking for a sysadmin gig in Houston/remote

[Phil Stracchino]

On 12/02/15 11:46, microcode at zoho.com wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 02, 2015 at 10:39:07AM -0600, Jerry Kemp wrote:
> 
>> I would love for nothing more than to see 100 replies to my post telling me
>> how wrong I am, and how great everyone else is making out after their job
>> has been out sourced to India, etc, but I just don't think it is a common
>> deal, or even rarely seen.
> 
> My experience also, sadly.
> 
> I do remember exactly *one* time in an outsourcing deal where things didn't
> actually *end* badly. All the rest, bad from beginning to end.

Outsourcing secondary or tertiary functions can sometimes make a kind of
sense, from a business perspective.  I am utterly at a loss to
comprehend how anyone could ever have thought that outsourcing or, even
worse, offshoring core competencies and expertise was ever a good idea.


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