The Old Joel on Software Forum: Part 3 (of 5) - New method to make money in this economy

New method to make money in this economy

"Keith Franklin, president of Empowered Software Solutions in Burr Ridge, Ill., loves offshore outsourcing ... Just last year, ESS, which specializes in developing applications for Microsoft's .Net platform for Web services, earned $500,000 in revenues from fixing buggy software written in India."

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2003/tc20031027_9655_tc119.htm

T. Norman
Monday, October 27, 2003

This meta quote cracks me up

In a worst-case scenario, a company could end up feeling like it's in that old Dilbert cartoon in which the pointy-haired boss promises $10 for every bug fix -- and a programmer decides to code himself a new minivan.

Could be a lot of minivans in Bangalore!

C++ <fan>
Monday, October 27, 2003

Damn, if the auto link was turned on, I would've been able to click on the aforementioned link. Joel, turn it back on, I'm dying here :)

Dudey
Monday, October 27, 2003

Um, ever heard of copy-and-paste?

NoName
Monday, October 27, 2003

Oops, forgot to tag my comments:
<sarcasm> Joel, turn it back on, I'm dying here</sarcasm>

Dudey
Monday, October 27, 2003

The link didn't work for me. I had to go to http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ and find the article there...

BC
Tuesday, October 28, 2003

I find I need to copy and paste twice.

The first time is out of IE. Start copy in line above link, end in line below.

Paste *3* lines into notepad.

Copy the correct and complete link out of notepad and paste into IE again.

Autolink is a good thing!!!

Tapiwa
Tuesday, October 28, 2003

The problem is that once a new method becomes widely known, the money to be made falls, as everyone and their cat tries to get a peice fo the action.

Tapiwa
Tuesday, October 28, 2003

"The problem is that once a new method becomes widely known, the money to be made falls, as everyone and their cat tries to get a peice fo the action."

We call it "capitalism".

Jim Rankin
Tuesday, October 28, 2003

and we love it!

Now can everyone on this board please stop whinging about being unable to make lots of $$ as a developer.

Tapiwa
Wednesday, October 29, 2003