-Nader Ghali is a computer programmer living in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he writes on a variety of issues. He can be reached at mrnader1@go.com. A sample of his writing portfolio can be seen at http://www.topwrite.net.
By Nader Ghali
Published on 11/28/2005
Mention “outsourcing“ to a programmer and you may as well be uttering profanity. The word suggests all the evils that have befallen the Information Technology sector since the Internet bubble burst a few years ago. We’ve been endlessly regaled with tragic tales of American companies who have closed up shop for many of their I.T. positions, only to “offshore“ those same jobs to programmers overseas working for less pay than their American counterparts. A brain drain is taking place in the once highly secure computer programming profession.