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 gone
to 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.
March 12th, 2004 at 10:51 am
Well, the nice thing about the money not being any good is that it doesn’t cost much to be there… :)
March 12th, 2004 at 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.
March 12th, 2004 at 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.
March 16th, 2004 at 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.
March 9th, 2007 at 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.