>>FYI Microsoft and IBM pay their programmers in India $25/hr. In Bangalor they open a center with 400 jobs.
>>Everywhere in the world could be outsourced. Sometimes expensive but skilled programmers with higher productivity become cheaper.
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>Do they speak english in these shops - if so - I feel the need to expatriate.
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>25/Hr is good in India - I mean - thats real money! We don't see that stuff in the US. But: Aren't most of the jobs back end (ISP) support or call room support jobs - or - are they building software I can find on the shelf at "Best Buy" or "EggHead".

All Bulgarians which work in Sofia for MS speak fluently English and write better than average american :-)
They work on Windows OS and Office projects.