I received an email recently from a drafting firm in India. They’re looking for outsourcing work and feed off the American economy for extremely competitive prices. We’re talking peanuts to the dollar here. Here’s a snapshop of the email I received.
Here’s the question; do I jump on the bandwagon and become the middle guy taking a 25% + profit and contribute to the problem or do I hold my ground and keep value and quality in our work?
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Last edited 08 Feb 2008 01:13 pm by Xtrm Liability
Idk man, thats all up to you. We could sit here and tell you not to/ to do it all day long but in the end its still your choice. I dont think were going to sway your mind on this at all, seeing as most of the people here are very young and know nothing about business. But me personally.... I dont see why it would be a bad idea as long as they are doing quality work.. I mean, your a “coming up” business and you need all the help you can get. Im gunna be in this same spot in a shy 2 years, cuz im going into business also...
Last edited 08 Feb 2008 12:36 pm by anti-moviecodec.
It really is. I’m not just talking about my trade, but all trades in the industry. It takes value out of what our skills are worth and we can’t compete dollar for dollar and make a living.
Take derdev for example, he’s going to college for computer science and code engineering. By the time he gets out there in the real world, all that education will get him a job barley paying a regular wage while he’ll be stuck paying off his college loan. The value of what he’s worth in his trade won’t be much when compared to the guys in India doing the same thing for next to nothing. Be extremely cautious for which field and career path you choose.
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Last edited 08 Feb 2008 12:44 pm by Xtrm Liability
It really is. I’m not just talking about my trade, but all trades in the industry. It takes value out of what our skills are worth and we can’t compete dollar for dollar and make a living.
Take derdev for example, he’s going to college for computer science and code engineering. By the time he gets out there in the real world, all that education will get him a job barley paying a regular wage while he’ll be stuck paying off his college loan. The value of what he’s worth in his trade won’t be much when compared to the guys in India doing the same thing for next to nothing. Be extremely cautious for which field and career path you choose.
Couple things.
1. Average salary for a computer science degree starting is $75,000
2. My school is acredited as one of the best Computer Science schools in the country.
3. It’s far less risky than say starting my own business which has a 1 in 10 chance of succeeding.
4. I have no student loans as my parents are funding my entire education.
5. I’m actually planning on going into the video gaming industry, so my competition is more from Japan than India.
It really is. I’m not just talking about my trade, but all trades in the industry. It takes value out of what our skills are worth and we can’t compete dollar for dollar and make a living.
Take derdev for example, he’s going to college for computer science and code engineering. By the time he gets out there in the real world, all that education will get him a job barley paying a regular wage while he’ll be stuck paying off his college loan. The value of what he’s worth in his trade won’t be much when compared to the guys in India doing the same thing for next to nothing. Be extremely cautious for which field and career path you choose.
Couple things.
1. Average salary for a computer science degree starting is $75,000
2. My school is acredited as one of the best Computer Science schools in the country.
3. It’s far less risky than say starting my own business which has a 1 in 10 chance of succeeding.
4. I have no student loans as my parents are funding my entire education.
5. I’m actually planning on going into the video gaming industry, so my competition is more from Japan than India.
6. Suck it XTRM.
The video game industry? I know a game developer personally and the average salary for game coder in the U.S. is about $30,000 annually if you’re good. I just bid a job for $30,000 and have a schedule of 6 weeks to complete it (probably get it done in 4 weeks). Also, competing with China could actually be worse than India. Soo naive, just wait until you get out there in the real world, my friend.
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Last edited 08 Feb 2008 03:09 pm by Xtrm Liability
It really is. I’m not just talking about my trade, but all trades in the industry. It takes value out of what our skills are worth and we can’t compete dollar for dollar and make a living.
Take derdev for example, he’s going to college for computer science and code engineering. By the time he gets out there in the real world, all that education will get him a job barley paying a regular wage while he’ll be stuck paying off his college loan. The value of what he’s worth in his trade won’t be much when compared to the guys in India doing the same thing for next to nothing. Be extremely cautious for which field and career path you choose.
Couple things.
1. Average salary for a computer science degree starting is $75,000
2. My school is acredited as one of the best Computer Science schools in the country.
3. It’s far less risky than say starting my own business which has a 1 in 10 chance of succeeding.
4. I have no student loans as my parents are funding my entire education.
5. I’m actually planning on going into the video gaming industry, so my competition is more from Japan than India.
6. Suck it XTRM.
The video game industry? I know a game developer personally and the average salary for game coder in the U.S. is about $30,000 annually if you’re good. I just bid a job for $30,000 and have a schedule of 6 weeks to complete it (probably get it done in 4 weeks). Also, competing with China could actually be worse than India. Soo naive, just wait until you get out there in the real world, my friend.
Didn’t say the average video gaming salary. I ment average software developement salary, with a high end of $127,000 a year and a low of $45,000 a year.
I understand that it could be worse, again I said Japan, not China. Are you glasses broken?
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