[asterisk-biz] Full time Asterisk/Linux job in London

Tue Apr 30 14:16:58 CDT 2013

Yes, I agree with you in some aspects, outsourcing is not for everyone and
it is not an option for every position, but, most (if not all) of the
programming tasks can be perfectly completed having a remote worker. If
that's not possible, then you probably have some problems with the way you
design your software.

If the company happens to be a VoIP company, you should have a way to
communicate to your team mates living outside the city or the country via
the technology you use everyday to develop your products. If you can
express yourself via a video chat and a web cam pointing at a blackboard,
that is not a problem of your worker living abroad, it's a problem of the
way the speaker communicates his' ideas. You would not be able to fix your
communication problem having your employee next to you in a meeting room.

Outsourcing might be bad for economy if you only consider that approach,
but it's worse if the company you are trying to build never takes off
because you weren't be able to find trained personnel for the money you
currently have in your pockets. That's less good for economy for sure.

On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 2:51 PM, C. Savinovich
<c.savinovich at itntelecom.com>wrote:

> I happen to disagree with "outsourcing". First of all, the ad clearly says
> that they need someone on-site. There are dozens of reasons why someone
> needs to be present, i.e phones need to be provisioned, customer's site
> must be visited, an understanding of the needs of the company can only be
> obtained by being present, in person.  Not everything can be, and should
> not be, solved remotely.
>
> Ultimately outsourcing is bad for the economy.  Valuable cash that could
> be circulating in our local economy is instead kept in banks. Thousands of
> developers who would otherwise be making a better living eventually lose
> their jobs.  But the most important reason of all, at least for the sake of
> this subject at hand is: It doesn't solve this particular company's needs.
> Furthermore, it leads the cheapo who placed the original ad to wrongly
> assume that he can hire someone in England at third world rates.
>
> Christian Savinovich
> *VoIP & Telephony Consultant*
> 646-982-3572
>
>
>
>  -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Full time Asterisk/Linux job in London
> From: Carlos_Ruiz_Díaz <carlos.ruizdiaz at gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, April 30, 2013 12:46 pm
> To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
> <asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com>
>
> Well, I could perfectly outperform on the tasks they are asking in the job
> description for, perhaps, 35k/year. I live in a cheaper country so that
> "low" salary won't be much of a problem for me.
>
> If they're willing to pay that money, they should definitely consider
> outsourcing. I believe that the best resume of a programmer is a Google
> query of his name, so, if they want to hire competent personnel with a low
> budget, they just need to open their minds to telecommuting.
>
> BTW, I applied to this job.
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 12:14 PM, C. Savinovich <
> c.savinovich at itntelecom.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> The real scary part is to think if that's what a medium level Asterisk
>> developer is worth... is that what Asterisk is worth? 30K per year? Who
>> really doesn't have a clue? the guy posting the ad offering the 30K, or us
>> Asterisk developers enmeshed in the wrong field?
>>
>>
>> Christian Savinovich
>> *VoIP & Telephony Consultant*
>> 646-982-3572
>>
>>
>>
>>  -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Full time Asterisk/Linux job in London
>> From: Alex Balashov <abalashov at evaristesys.com>
>> Date: Tue, April 30, 2013 11:58 am
>> To: asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com
>>
>> We can argue about the cost of housing in certain areas all day. One
>> can always trade-off rents for higher commute expense, and so on.
>>
>> What remains true at the end of the day is that the greater London area
>> is a high-cost market in which 30K is not much improvement over minimum
>> wage. It's certainly possible to live on such an income, but it is not
>> reasonable to expect someone with the skills demanded to do so.
>>
>> -- Alex
>>
>> --
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>> Evariste Systems LLC
>> 235 E Ponce de Leon Ave
>> Suite 106
>> Decatur, GA 30030
>> United States
>> Tel: +1-678-954-0670
>> Web: http://www.evaristesys.com/, http://www.alexbalashov.com/
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