Subj : Re: experience with indians? To : comp.programming From : Prafulla Harpanhalli Date : Wed Sep 07 2005 12:15 am rossum wrote: > On Tue, 06 Sep 2005 08:04:32 GMT, "Giuseppe Dini" > wrote: > > >have you had experience with indian software houses? > >If so, what do you think about them? Suggestions? > >What to be aware about? > >thank you > > The ones we used delivered *exactly* what we asked for, even if what > we asked for was not what we really wanted. We had to be very careful > with our specifications since the programmers back in Mumbai had no > real idea about what the programs they were writing were meant to do. > > They were better with small maintenance fixes where you could just say > what piece of the program was broken and they would find and fix the > fault. They certainly saved me from having to learn COBOL. > > rossum > > > The ultimate truth is that there is no ultimate truth You/Your company missed the big picture while outsourcing by not looking into the company's past experience. And blame it on your own self. Frankly, Mumbai has the finest engineering schools in INDIA. I have worked in teams spread across continents. And the problems which you and the rest have pointed out is not something we are strangers to. Time and again me and my tream members analyse core dumps, courtesy someone else. As Richard has pointed out, programming skills have seldomly got anything to do with nationality. To the OP: so you know for sure what to look for before outsourcing. -- Prafulla Harpanhalli .