When I was working in New York City, pretty often I was passing by the street drummers like this one . Here's another one . When a street drummer goes main stream, the drums get more expensive and the sound is richer . When the drumming gets out

Published a new podcast with Shashank Tiwari "Cultural differences in outsourcing"  http://nobsit.libsyn.com/We talked about specifics in dealing with East European and Indian offshore developers. In the end, we happily agreed that Ame

 Information Week has published an interview with GM’s CIO discussing the impact of the bankruptcy on the two-billion-IT operations of this huge corporation .After reading this article, I’m pretty sure that GM’s IT is doomed.

Last week, I’ve returned from my private visit to Kiev, Ukraine. During this visit I made a presentation in the local offices of Microsoft on various RIA technologies. My kudos to Oleksandr Oriekhov from Microsoft for making this happened. The

Yesterday at 6AM I was on my daily meeting with Boris, a software developer from our East European branch. He's a really good developer.  Four days ago, I asked him to develop four screen for the demo application. This was not meant to be a

During tough times, large US corporations try to find ways to cut expenses.  All of a sudden, you don’t see those people who were watering plants on your floor.  Then, the access to the drawer with office supplies becomes as restricte

A short answer is, "One, if this person lives in the USA and nine if in India".  I write about Indians without any disrespect intended. It’s just an acknowledgment that this nation produces the largest number of coders-for-living

I’ve received an email from an American software company that operates from India. They found my old blog on Russian programmers and thought that I could give them some advise. Here’s an excerpt from that email, “We have been tryin

You have arrived to your destination. Wipro, a large IT firm from India is planning to hire people in Atlanta , GA. I follow the outsourcing trends very closely, and this sounds very logical to me. First, about ten years ago, someone has found a gol

In the perfect world, you can find local resources for your project. But since programming is not a lucrative profession in the USA anymore, you may have to hire an offshore team. Below is a list of tips for a rookie development manager that has to w

Every time I read an article about outsourcing, I can't stop myself from writing yet another blog or an article on the subject. I know that these blogs may not change the big picture, but at least they may draw some attention of selected CIO or CTO.

What first comes to mind if someone mentions Mexico? Beautiful beaches in Cancun with loaded Margaritas and hardworking people working in the USA in construction, landscaping and other non-attractive jobs. It's changing now...

Today's topic is how to lead offshore programmers. To make this discussion a bit more interesting, let's go back in time into the first half of the 19th century.

This is the funniest video I've seen this year ...LOL

Two large ships met in the middle of the Atlantics...

This is not about which country has better programmers. What cultural issues did you experience with the offsore country you've dealt with?

No, it's not the weather. Both cities have hot items for sale.

As of today, the word "outsourcing" is being associated with India. But let's take a look at Russian programmers.

My respond to Information Week's list