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To: Bill_o'Rights

When they learn that ‘brain drain’ has been complete for years, and these people have NO problem solving skills and they give away degrees with cereal box tops, they will stop.

Unless they are out of business by then


2 posted on 02/04/2015 5:29:43 PM PST by Mr. K (Palin/Cruz 2016 (for 16 years of conservative bliss))
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When they learn that ‘brain drain’ has been complete for years, and these people have NO problem solving skills and they give away degrees with cereal box tops,

I am a natural born American, Caucasian/White/Redneck/Native American. I have worked with Indian IT people in India and the US. My previous employer had a project with a US company founded by an naturalized American citizen of Indian descent.

The project was started because our in-house IT staff had spent $2.7 million over the previous 2 years, using a US software company. We still had no update for that software. Finally, corporate HQ in New York terminated our entire department.

Afterward, we contacted the owner Indian led US company, who was quite familiar with our software, to quote cost and time to complete the update we had needed.

He first said, "$100K and 6 months", then after a minute's thought said, "No, to be safe, $200K & 12 months."

I responded, "So $250K and 12 months, tops?"

"Absolutely!"

You say say that anyone can give a low-ball quote. However, before choosing this company I contacted their previous client references. These included two regional power companies, the US Navy Bureau of Ships and the Social Security Administration. All had nothing but the highest praise for the company. On time, on budget, quality work.

During another time & job I spent 6 weeks living with a family in India during a village water project. Their son was studying for his high school final exam and I listened to him study and talked with him about the exam. For many of the topics I not only did not know the answers, I did not even understand the questions.

While I am not "highly educated", I did attend Ga Tech and also earned a Regular commission in the USMC. My SAT was 1416 on the old scale (1965).

I, for one, do not believe that all Indians "have NO problem solving skills and they give away degrees with cereal box tops".

Textile manufacturing moved from New England to the South because of a lower cost of labor. Later it moved over seas for the same reason. German & Swiss textile machinery manufacturers moved to South Carolina for the same reason. Soon BMW & Mercedes follow to the South.

Boeing is moving some aircraft production to Charleston. Long ago, Gulfstream moved to Savannah from Bethpage, N.Y.

Competent labor can compete anywhere in a free market. Overpriced entitlement labor cannot.

51 posted on 02/04/2015 6:07:14 PM PST by BwanaNdege
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