The Times of India quotes "a programmer on Slashdot.org" on his outsourcing arbitrage.

About a year ago I hired a developer in India to do my job. I pay him $12,000 out of the $67,000 I get. He's happy to have the work. I'm happy that I have to work only 90 minutes a day just supervising the code. My employer thinks I'm telecommuting. Now I'm considering getting a second job and doing the same thing.

Umm ... yeah.

Problematic assumptions with this:

• that the Indian isn't smart enough to cut out the middle man
• that the employer won't do the same
• that the Indian is ethical enough not to blackmail his "employer" for a bigger cut
• that the Slashdotter won't get busted by the Dept. of Labor and/or IRS
• that the employer won't ask questions about the code that the outsourcer can't answer
• that the Indian won't find a better job
• that it's easy to find an competent programmer halfway around the world who won't command a higher salary
• that Slashdot commenters aren't full of shit

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