silverglade Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 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 Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/200763-will-offshore-programmers-ever-totally-replace-all-united-states-php-programmers/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignace Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 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. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/200763-will-offshore-programmers-ever-totally-replace-all-united-states-php-programmers/#findComment-1053448 Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverglade Posted May 5, 2010 Author Share Posted May 5, 2010 great thank you so much for writing that, i feel a lot safer now. so thank you. derek Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/200763-will-offshore-programmers-ever-totally-replace-all-united-states-php-programmers/#findComment-1053451 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinM1 Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 See also: freelancing. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/200763-will-offshore-programmers-ever-totally-replace-all-united-states-php-programmers/#findComment-1053533 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mchl Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 Why would I even care about US? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/200763-will-offshore-programmers-ever-totally-replace-all-united-states-php-programmers/#findComment-1053535 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomfmason Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 Why would I even care about US? if you don't we will come take your oil Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/200763-will-offshore-programmers-ever-totally-replace-all-united-states-php-programmers/#findComment-1053569 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mchl Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 You would spend more getting here than you would ever extract here Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/200763-will-offshore-programmers-ever-totally-replace-all-united-states-php-programmers/#findComment-1053571 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Little Guy Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 You would spend more getting here than you would ever extract here We'll get it from your cars. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/200763-will-offshore-programmers-ever-totally-replace-all-united-states-php-programmers/#findComment-1053698 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mchl Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 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. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/200763-will-offshore-programmers-ever-totally-replace-all-united-states-php-programmers/#findComment-1053711 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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