santosh said:
Do you really believe that the firms who are outsourcing would pay much
attention to posters on Usenet groups?
I can certainly attest, from personal experience on several occasions, to
the fact that /some/ firms pay attention to posters on Usenet groups.
Also, on occasion I have suggested to clients that, as part of their
selection process, they conduct a search through Usenet archives. (And yes,
some of them have actually listened.)
So yes, it does happen. But of course it's a drop in the ocean. Outsourcing
is like any other market-based phenomenon, in that it will find its own
level. As the quality drops, eventually people will start getting killed
(you know the sort of thing: "Foo=Foo++ Stalls Car Engine On Railway
Crossing, See Page 4 For Full Story", and some government or other will
Start To Ask Questions, and sales will go down, etc etc.
Eventually someone will say "well, perhaps we ought to consider hiring
people who actually know what they're doing". Alas, it may well be a fairly
junior employee who says it.