[ajug-members] Wipro coming to Atlanta

[Leif Wells]

Brian,

I am not trying to tell you that you are wrong, nor do I know any insider
information about this situation, but in reading the article you mentioned I
don't really see what large effect this will have on our community as a
whole.

Are you assuming that people from other countries are going to come in and
take these jobs?
Are you assuming that having 1000 (probably closer to 500) more developers
in Atlanta is going to make a dent in the world-wide Enterprise Java market
talent shortage?
Do you think, since the article cites the "labor force and proximity to
technical schools" as reasons for choosing Atlanta, that they will be
poaching your clients or employees?

I am just trying to get a handle on why you'd think that more local options
Java developers (both the inexperienced and the highly experienced) makes
for bad news.

Seriously, I would like to better understand why this would be bad.

Leif



On 8/2/07, Brian Whitfield / Essential Resources <
brian_whitfield at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>  There are LOTS of reasons this is bad.  I'll give a big one - If there is
> a company in Atlanta that has hundreds of java developers working for rates
> typically below those of American workers - what do you think that does for
> rates/salaries, etc?  If all of a sudden the market is flooded with java
> people - what does that do for supply and demand?  This can and will affect
> the IT market in Atlanta.  It has to.
>
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