2026-09-13 19:31:26
In my experience, at least, it feels like offshoring went through a productive evolution over the years, from
“Just farm it out to a bunch of those third world people who are cheap and barely even exist as humans!!”
to
“We can totally have globally distributed software teams with some people in places with a lower cost of living, as long as we work extra hard to make sure everyone functions as a team.”
That may be a rosy picture that comes from my own limited circles, but…that's the progress I saw. I wonder when / if folks will do similar learning about the current cost-cutting manias.