<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>Christian Savinovich</div><div><strong><em>VoIP & Telephony Consultant</em></strong></div><div>646-982-3572</div><div> </div><div><br><br></div>
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Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Full time Asterisk/Linux job in London<br>
From: Carlos_Ruiz_Díaz <<a href="mailto:carlos.ruizdiaz@gmail.com">carlos.ruizdiaz@gmail.com</a>><br>
Date: Tue, April 30, 2013 12:46 pm<br>
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<div dir="ltr">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.<div> <br></div><div style="">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. </div> <div style=""><br></div><div style="">BTW, I applied to this job.</div><div style=""><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 12:14 PM, C. Savinovich <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:c.savinovich@itntelecom.com" target="_blank">c.savinovich@itntelecom.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana"><div><br></div><div>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?</div> <div class="im"><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Christian Savinovich</div><div><strong><em>VoIP & Telephony Consultant</em></strong></div><div>646-982-3572</div><div> </div><div><br><br></div> </div><blockquote style="padding-left:8px;font-size:10pt;margin-left:8px;font-family:verdana;border-left:2px solid blue"> <div><div class="im"> -------- Original Message --------<br> Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Full time Asterisk/Linux job in London<br></div><div><div class="h5"> From: Alex Balashov <<a href="mailto:abalashov@evaristesys.com" target="_blank">abalashov@evaristesys.com</a>><br> Date: Tue, April 30, 2013 11:58 am<br> To: <a href="mailto:asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com" target="_blank">asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com</a><br> <br> We can argue about the cost of housing in certain areas all day. One <br> can always trade-off rents for higher commute expense, and so on.<br> <br> What remains true at the end of the day is that the greater London area <br> is a high-cost market in which 30K is not much improvement over minimum <br> wage. It's certainly possible to live on such an income, but it is not <br> reasonable to expect someone with the skills demanded to do so.<br> <br> -- Alex<br> <br> -- <br> Alex Balashov - Principal<br> Evariste Systems LLC<br> 235 E Ponce de Leon Ave<br> Suite 106<br> Decatur, GA 30030<br> United States<br> Tel: <a href="tel:%2B1-678-954-0670" value="+16789540670" target="_blank">+1-678-954-0670</a><br> Web: <a href="http://www.evaristesys.com" target="_blank">http://www.evaristesys.com</a>/, <a href="http://www.alexbalashov.com" target="_blank">http://www.alexbalashov.com</a>/<br> <br> --<br> _____________________________________________________________________<br> -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by <a href="http://www.api-digital.com" target="_blank">http://www.api-digital.com</a> --<br> <br> asterisk-biz mailing list<br> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit:<br> <a href="http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz" target="_blank">http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz</a><br> </div></div></div> </blockquote></span></div> <br>--<br> _____________________________________________________________________<br> -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by <a href="http://www.api-digital.com" target="_blank">http://www.api-digital.com</a> --<br> <br> asterisk-biz mailing list<br> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit:<br> <a href="http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz" target="_blank">http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz</a><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Carlos<div><a href="http://caruizdiaz.com" target="_blank">http://caruizdiaz.com</a></div> <div>+595981146623</div> </div></div> <hr>--<br>
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