March 12th, 2004

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You Can Always Move to India

Slashdot cites this CNN article that discusses how an increasing number of Americans are apparently moving to India to follow the work:

Instead of protesting against the offshoring of work that might have goneto U.S. firms like his, Dunn, 55, has decided to get in on the game. Call it a case of, "If you can’t beat them, collaborate with them." Recently, Dunn found himself contacting head hunters in Bangalore — southern India’s Silicon Valley — where many information technology (IT) and other white-collar jobs have sprouted in recent years.

I can’t imagine that the money’s good, but MonsterIndia currently lists 193 jobs for the query ‘technical writer’ throughout the country.

Comments: 7 Responses so far

donna
March 12th, 2004
10:51 am

Well, the nice thing about the money not being any good is that it doesn’t cost much to be there… :)

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d
March 12th, 2004
11:13 am

Or, you can always end up like my friend that had to work in India for two months as a supervisor. Even though he was very careful about where and what he ate he got sick as a dog. He only recently got clear of everything and he’s been back for 3 months. I’ll pass on working in India. They want to be a world super power but they don’t have modern infrastructure for the entire country. pfft.

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AhBook
March 12th, 2004
3:32 pm

Trust me, both India and China will be world superpowers in short order. They have a huge workforce that is better educated than North Americans are (as a generalization) and is willing to work for a lot less. How do you compete with someone that is not only cheaper than you, but produces higher quality work? (You being generic you, not you specifically).

There was an interesting article about that in Wired last month.

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el kabong
March 16th, 2004
4:20 pm

One of the gigs pays 35,000 INR (rupees) a month, which is equivilant to $774 American. It had better be REAL cheap over there.

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mu2indiadude
March 9th, 2007
1:46 am

Well I am moving back to india after 15 yrs. in canada. And let me tell you the opportunities in india are incredible.
But there are pros and cons. Better career opportunities but pollution and traffic is a mess.
You can have all the help you need for very less money (servants, drivers, house guard) but there are compromises.

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Tomas Reply:
August 11th, 2009 at 8:39 am

I live in Canada and I was born here.
I’ve never been to India, I would like to
educate my self in india, stay for about
a year. who do i speek with! does india have
schools that have room and board. what would
it cost me. I’ve e-mailed lots of schools in india
but no one will get back to me. thanks Tomas….

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thatgirlfromto
November 13th, 2008
8:24 am

My boyfriend and I are moving to India end of January ‘09 for work in Bedora, Gujarat!

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