vbscripter (7/30/2010)

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This was one of the best editorials I've seen in a long, long time. The quality of the products delivered by offshore development IS poor. Thats not to say...

Andrew in WV (7/30/2010)

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TravisDBA (7/30/2010)

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Andrew in WV (7/30/2010)

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TravisDBA (7/30/2010)

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Sar-Box compliance has defitnite standards on job descriptions. You might want to check into it further. There is a lot of information...

Andrew in WV (7/30/2010)

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Minor...

LSCIV (7/29/2010)

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Only 2 that have implemented SOX where I was directly involved with compliance/processes. The requirements around SOX and PCI are vague in some areas and open to interpretation....

Lynn Pettis (7/29/2010)

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TravisDBA (7/29/2010)

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And the latter as you state, is the off-shoring of American jobs,...

And the latter as you state, is the off-shoring of American jobs, and that is...

On this I wholeheartedly agree. The...

Arjun Sivadasan (7/29/2010)

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That said, I do think there should be a certain amount of trade (and i mean of everything - software, fmcg etc) between nations, but the volume of...

Arjun Sivadasan (7/29/2010)

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Well, Travis I assume your question is addressed to me. Firstly, I was not talking about Indians within US. An average Indian is very stingy. I do agree...

LSCIV (7/28/2010)

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I wouldn't see DBA and developer duties together being a SOX conflict as long as there's still a system of checks and balances. As long as any job...

Arjun,

Well, I have a question for you sir. How much of the American money that you earn from this country do you actually put back into this economy? When is...

I think it depends on how you structure things. I was with a company that did just that and was SarBox, the team was small and required us to...

Cris E (7/28/2010)

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In most cases this would be almost impossible to predict anyway, IT workers are hired to do specific jobs and tasks for the company. They are not hired...

The trick for IT professionals is to not insist that your job is specifically maintaining the old policy app, but be willing to grab other tasks near it and not...

bnordberg (7/28/2010)

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I work in Research at the Veterans Admin Hospital. It is very hard to convert research $$ to IT dollars - as they are congressionally split. So we end...