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R. Giskard Reventlov27-Oct-15 12:20
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Munchies_Matt27-Oct-15 22:01
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Depends on a lot of things:

1) quality of engineering (this can be shockingly bad depending where it is)
2) cultural issues and how negativity is handled


#2 is famously a big issue. Certain cultures dont like to own up to issues and say 'no, it cant be done' or 'we have a major blocking issue'. In the west we can, so while we expect such honesty, we don't always get it, which can make projects fail.

#1 varies a lot. Generally I see good code from eastern Europeans, but these days they just go to work in western Europe, so its not really outsourcing. As for India, well, I have see some monstrous stuff. Really appalling.
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