will offshore programmers ever totally replace all united states php programmers

[silverglade]

hi, im learning php and going to school even for web dev, and im worried that a few years down the road i will be replaced by someone in india that is charging 5 dollars an hour for his work. the usa companies are already doing this with customer service people in companies. i live in the USA. please if anyone knows the answer to this, please put my mind at ease. i hope. thank you. derek

[ignace]

That will never happen, for a few reasons:

 

1) The workforce is cheaper but so is the quality;

2) Different countries have different standards. US quality advertising works only in the US, US design works only for US customers;

3) Tricky to manage an offshore development team (least misinterpretation can lead to a wrong application design);

4) Logistics;

5) Trust issues;

 

These are the few that popped in to my mind and their are probably more.

[silverglade]

great thank you so much for writing that, i feel a lot safer now. so thank you. derek

[KevinM1]

See also: freelancing.

[Mchl]

Why would I even care about US?

[tomfmason]

Why would I even care about US?

if you don't we will come take your oil

[Mchl]

You would spend more getting here than you would ever extract here

[The Little Guy]

You would spend more getting here than you would ever extract here

 

We'll get it from your cars.

[Mchl]

You would spend more getting here than you would ever extract here

 

We'll get it from your cars.

 

You'd still be in the red. Also, be careful when tinkering with LPG installations.