My reaction was that $40,000 isnt the cost of hiring an Indian programmer.  
40,000 includes a lot of overhead.  $40,000 is the cost to an American 
wanting to hire an Indian programmer through a middle-man.  

Also, it's important to realize that the $45,000 isn't the W2 rate--its the 
total payroll expense for the firm.

Still top notch Indian programmer, aprox. $10,000/year I've heard--US 
programmer W2-$25,000 maybe, still not bad for the US programmer.

On Tuesday 2003-12-09 21:13, frankburton@cox.net wrote:
> I was just wondering what you guys thought of this article.
> http://businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/dec2003/sb2003122_8887.htm
>
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