Bangalore or Bust?

You've made your decision, and chosen who to employ. What are the ramifications for your company over the coming years?

If you chose the Brit, your company goes on to make £900 000 every year as a result of your decision.

If you chose the Indian, your company goes on to make £950 000 every year as a result of your decision.

If you decided to employ BOTH, then congratulations: your company goes on to make £1 850 000 a year: twice as much as if you chose only one.

Finding the Top Guns

The computing industry is desparate for students with strong computer science skills. On the whole if they have the people they can do more and so make more money. Offshoring is not really the issue. The problem is that there just aren't enough suitably qualified students – not enough are choosing to do the subject at university. That means the top companies now take good people where ever they find them.

Wherever you are, you could be one of them.

This article is based on an example from a keynote talk given by Prof. Eric Roberts of Stanford University in August 2008.