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To: Snowshoe who wrote (19516)	6/7/2002 9:01:06 PM
From: S. maltophilia	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Yeah, I saw I wasn't the only one to find that article interesting. Globalization "is", in a Jay Chen sense, and we're all going to have to deal with it.

To: Snowshoe who wrote (19516)	6/7/2002 9:24:03 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 74559

Snowshoe, re the comments on the economics of the global programmer market. Globalisation is good. Whining by American programmers that others get paid less and get the jobs and that Americans have some sacred right to get more money is pathetic. I don't see why I should pay high rates to whining Americans when I can hire perfectly pleasant Indians, Chinese and others for a fraction of the price. Last I heard, Americans were putting trade sanctions on products from New Zealand and not long before that were outright threatening. So I don't see why Indians and Chinese shouldn't get the work ahead of Americans. <... When I started Rent A Coder (only nine months ago), I had no idea that it would become a global marketplace. I had envisioned it as a way for programmers like myself to be able to pick up jobs and get rid of their day jobs. However, within a week of turning the site 'on', I quickly saw that I simply couldn't compete economically with the Indian and Romanian coders. What to do? There was quite a backlash at the time as well. I received lots of angry e-mails from U.S. coders sold on the same idea I originally had ... that they could get rid of their day jobs. People told me I should ban non-U.S. coders, put surcharges on coders from certain countries, etc. This would result in higher profits for Rent A Coder, they argued, because bid prices would rise 10-12 times, to U.S. rates. It took another week for me to decide not to go the "protectionist" route and go with the flow of the "invisible hand" you mentioned ... which drew a lot of criticism. ..> It's a small world after all. Mqurice