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Microsoft Investigating Chinese Factory's Work Conditions By Stuart J. Johnston | Article Published April 16, 2010 What do Kathie Lee Gifford and Steve Ballmer have in common? According to a new report, abusive working conditions in factories in the developing world that produce the companies' name brand products. Tags: Microsoft, China, offshoring, mice, Ballmer IT Layoffs? Not Again! By Eric Spiegel | Article Published July 14, 2008 Having both been laid off and done the laying off, an IT pro talks about survival in the trenches. Tags: developer, management, IT, offshoring, job tech The Myth of the Interchangeable Programmer: Can't We Just Offshore Him? By John Miano | Article Published July 07, 2008 Management thinks programmers are cogs in the wheel, easily replaced by cheaper alternatives. And the tried and true “formulas” for project costs only supports this fallacy. Tags: developer, software, management, offshoring, project costs |
