Managing a Global Programming Team? 737
cwimmer asks: "I work for a technology company in the United States who survived the economic slowdown by trimming fat where necessary. Unfortunately, it seems that my small programming team must've looked like mostly fat to management: it has been trimmed from a high of 5 to the current 2. We have been given a very large programming project that we estimated would take 4 coders (the size of the team at the time) 6 months to deliver. I have been given deep pockets with regard to moving some or all of the project to an offshore partner, and I can probably get 4 or 5 programmers in India. Does anyone have any pointers on managing a team of programmers on the other side of the world?"
Yes. (Score:2, Funny)
- A.P.
Yay! A commerical... (Score:3, Funny)
Keep click "refresh" on this story (don't forget to use those slashdot subscription pages) and see the advertisement for sourceforge!!!
*ahem*
Its simple (Score:4, Funny)
Spin Spin Spin (Score:1, Funny)
I saw a Semens commercial and they should be able to do it, they have a cool song.
flamebait? (Score:4, Funny)
You are asking a bunch of unemployed programmers how to best manage the foreigners you hired to take their places?
Hope you brought your asbestos suit.
Wrong place to ask (Score:2, Funny)
Over here everybody is a code-monkey who hates the managers because they have a (completely unnecessary) university degree, get paid better and are, in general, smarter and equipped with a better human-to-human interface.
Dear Slashdot.. (Score:2, Funny)
Dear Slashdot,
Since i'm the kind of guy willing to cut corners and drive nails with a socket wrench, i'd like to hire some Hindu guys to code for me. The 12 hour time difference means i'll never have to talk with them, and whenever they call, i'll be out of the office. This is great. Who cares of Indian coders know they'll never be held accountable for their mistakes, being half a world away? I dont want it done right, I just want it done. Who cares if they dont have indoor plumbing? I want 500 lines of code per day for 3 Rupee an hour, or i'm outtahere. What should I do?
Solid Solution (Score:1, Funny)
Convert it into cubicle spaces.Leave room around the edges for cots.
Leave the Slurpie Machine and Microwave.
Hire the Indians to come and stay for 6 months.
Re:Yes. (Score:2, Funny)
Yep (Score:4, Funny)
Include with your check all external telnet, ftp, vnc http ports and usernames/passwords you need to use for the project.
We'll take care of ya.
Re:"Trimming fat". (Score:2, Funny)
Of course they did. I mean, all those penguin energy caffeine mints and bottles of Mountain Dew go straight to your thighs.
Re:One more thing... (Score:5, Funny)
CEO shortage (Score:5, Funny)
Re:YES EXACTLY (Score:2, Funny)
There is no India slashdot -- that's why they're more productive. Maybe you can keep your job by reading less slashdot and writing more code.
Re:Move (Score:0, Funny)
a. serial killers are TOTALLY 80s. We have spree killers now dude. Oh yeah and acid wash jeans went out too, so get some new clothes.
b. vicious car chases and shoot outs on the city streets? uh huh. I have never beared witness to either of these scenarios.
c. Jets smashing high rises. Sure it sucked. But one fucking Indian typhoon whacked 30,000+ people. I say geography favors the US by a large margin.
Re:Yes. (Score:2, Funny)
12 vowels and 36 consonants.
Wow. Unlike all the other languages which have the same grammars and idioms.
You are wrong.
Yeah, it's a slow day at work.....why else am I replying to AC's?
Danger (Score:3, Funny)
Re:CEO shortage (Score:3, Funny)
Re:rule 1: understand the foreign culture (Score:2, Funny)
Which in the case of India means Tiger Penis Soup and forehead dots!!!