>>>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".
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>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.

Foreign language skills amaze me. I barely speak my native language - but you guys have mastered two or three:-). I bet you haven't watched as much TV as me:-)

I asked a Chineese engineer once if he 'thought' in english or chineese. He said he day dreamed and planned with chineese - but he worked his computations (EE math) in english.

OS and Office - well don't that trim my stereotypical blinders. I hope at least, we can keep the fox team in Washington state:-)